Could Trump Try To “Save Face” Over Iran By Targeting Cuba? By Uriel Araujo As tensions over Iran expose divisions within the Trump administration, Washington appears to be intensifying pressure on Cuba through sanctions, intelligence operations, and military planning. Would a… Read More ›
Why Is Iran Being Attacked? Sheikh Imran N. Hosein On Pax Judaica And The Coming Great War This address by Sheikh Imran N. Hosein offers an eschatological and geopolitical interpretation of the conflict surrounding Iran, inviting viewers to examine present… Read More ›
Could Saudi-Houthi Tensions Turn The Red Sea Into A New Strait Of Hormuz? By Uriel Araujo Rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis illustrate how the Middle East continues to be shaped by the legacy of the Iraq War and… Read More ›
Crypto’s Iran Paradox: A Tool Of US Financial Power And A Force For De-Escalation By Uriel Araujo Crypto has become an influential force in Washington. As the Iranian war risks threatening oil markets and the global economy, crypto interests may become… Read More ›
What’s Behind Iran And Ukraine’s Sudden Mutual De-Escalation? By Andrew Korybko The US, Iran, and possibly also Russia appear to have calculated that it’s not in their interests, only in Ukraine’s and Israel’s. Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi’s latest tweet came as… Read More ›
The Pentagon’s Trillion-Dollar Crisis Threatens America’s Superpower Status By Uriel Araujo Despite spending more than $1 trillion annually on defence, the United States faces procurement failures, industrial decline, leadership turmoil, and mounting costs from the Iran conflict. Growing fiscal dysfunction and… Read More ›
Foreign Affairs Is Right: The Old Model Of Nuclear Deterrence Is No More By Andrew Korybko The Ukrainian Conflict, the West Asian Wars, and spring 2025’s Indo-Pak clashes upended the past nearly 80 years’ worth of presumptions about strategic security with… Read More ›
Will Trump Choose Turkey Over Israel? NATO’s “Turkish Question” Comes To A Head By Uriel Araujo As Trump embraces Turkey’s Erdogan and opens the door to F-35 sales, Israel increasingly fears isolation. Long-simmering tensions within NATO are now exploding into view,… Read More ›
Will Russia Learn From The US’ Defeat In The Third Gulf War? By Andrew Korybko As Valdai Club’s Research Director Fyodor Lukyanov wrote, “Tehran just showed why military supremacy no longer guarantees political victory.” The memorandum of understanding (MoU) that was just signed… Read More ›
Trump Cut A Deal With Iran, But Can He Restrain Israel? By Uriel Araujo The US-Iran ceasefire has allowed both sides to claim victory, yet Tehran has secured the more enduring strategic gains, with sanctions relief, and strategic leverage. Washington now… Read More ›