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Gulf States Draw Line on War with Iran
Gulf governments resist integration while exploring alternative security architecture Gulf states are declining participation in any military structure that places them alongside Israel or under a unified command that includes Israeli forces. Abdulaziz Sager, founder of the Gulf Research Center, attributes this position to both political constraints and strategic calculation across the region. Several governments… Continue reading
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America’s Suez Moment at Hormuz
How loss of a single trade route reshapes power, finance, and global order Loss of control over the Strait of Hormuz will mark the end of American global dominance in the same manner that the Suez Canal marked the end of British imperial power, with the mechanism of decline rooted not in immediate military defeat… Continue reading
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The Strait of Hormuz Is Open by Permission
Iran imposes controlled transit after sustained aggression, converting open passage into a regulated system of access, payment, and geopolitical alignment A functioning maritime corridor has been converted into a controlled economic gate without formal closure, altering both the legal character and financial mechanics of the most critical energy chokepoint in the global system. Shipping through… Continue reading
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The Iran War and the Fragmentation of the Global Energy and Petrodollar Order
The drive to monopolise global energy, deny rivals access, and reinforce the dominance of the U.S.-led core is accelerating geopolitical realignment reshaping of global power. The war centred on Iran has entered an economic phase that now drives outcomes more decisively than battlefield engagements. The featured image is March 26, 2026, when the stock market… Continue reading
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Assassination as The New License to Kill Without Accountability
Targeted killing, the normalization of extrajudicial force and the collapse of ethical limits For decades, the United States has moved along a continuum from covert assassination plots during the Cold War to the open normalisation of “targeted killing” as an instrument of state policy. In the current war involving Iran, that evolution appears to be… Continue reading
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Brazil Calls for Defence Co-operation with South Africa
Lula and Ramaphosa reflect a growing unease across the Global South after Western military actions in Venezuela and Iran, reinforcing fears that states outside major alliance systems remain vulnerable to coercion and intervention. Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva used the recent visit of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Brasília to articulate a… Continue reading
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The Kharg Island Question After Leadership Decapitation Failed
Why Kharg Island Is Emerging as the Next Coercive Economic Decapitation Option Designed to Break Iran’s War Economy Accepting defeat is not an option; the Epstein coalition has chosen a scorched-earth escalation policy instead. Only yesterday the coalition went after civilian infrastructure, another transgression against the rules of war. They struck a water desalination plant… Continue reading
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Iran Will Win This War
America Is Losing in the Middle East And Fast, Decades of Military Might, Gone in Days. Strategic analysis of the war involving Iran, the United States, and Israel must begin with a clear understanding of the form such a war would take and the structural realities shaping it. Conventional comparisons of aircraft carriers, military spending,… Continue reading
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The United States-Israel Attack on Iran During Negotiations
How an Unprovoked Attack on Iran Amid Active Negotiations, Triggered A Regional War and Closure of the Strait of Hormuz United States and Israeli forces initiated coordinated unprovoked strikes against Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure during active negotiations in Geneva, where Omani intermediaries had conveyed cautious optimism following reported Iranian concessions. Targets included enrichment facilities… Continue reading
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War Decided: Who Throws the First Punch
Netanyahu’s Closing Horizon But Washington Prefers Israel to Strike, and How Political Liability Is Being Engineered Before Escalation Senior advisers to President Donald Trump have signalled, in reporting carried by Politico, that an Israeli first strike on Iran would provide a more favourable political predicate for subsequent American entry into war. Officials familiar with internal… Continue reading
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