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A Case Study In Effective Leverage Operations: How The Western Sahara Was Won By Morocco: Part I.
Why Washington Intervened To Save the Japanese Yen: Midterms, Geopolitics, and Japan's Rearmament.
Ceuta Crisis And Morocco’s Migration Weapon
Saudi Arabia’s Carefully Calibrated Entry Into the Iran War
Zelensky’s Mobilization Warning: His Goals And How It Could Backfire
Wildberries and Caspian Sea: How Ukraine Successfully Imposed New Dilemmas On Its Adversaries
How The Houthi Blockade Presents Strategic Opportunities For Israel
Trump’s Saudi Nuclear Deal That Opens the Nuclear Floodgates And Buries the Iran Red Line
Houthis Finally Enter The Chat: Why Now, And What Interests Are Being Pursued
Ukraine Has Turned the Sea of Azov Into Russia’s Chokepoint: Openings and Risks For Ukraine
The Firing That Weakened Zelensky at His Strongest: Ukraine’s Most Needless Wartime Crisis
Second-Order Consequences Of America’s Great AI Giveaway
The UAE Deal That Could Reshape the AI Race
The MOU Collapses: Iran Is Testing How Far It Can Push America
Lindsay Graham: A highly consequential Senator and a skilled courtier.
Why the War Will Not End Soon, Part 3: Trump And The U.S. Interests Involved
Why the Ukraine War Will Not End Soon, Part 2: Europe’s Narrow Window Of Opportunity
Why the Ukraine War Will Not End Soon, Part 1: Incentives Facing Zelensky and Putin
Putin’s Reckless Poland Gambit: Why Russia May Be Preparing to Strike Poland
Russia’s Fuel Shortage and Putin’s Signaling
Zelensky’s Ultimatum and the Collapse of Putin’s Belarusian Nuclear Bluff
The Strategic Defeat Hidden Inside Oman’s Hormuz Proposal
The Coming Divergence: How the Gulf Splits on Approach To Iran Going Forward
The 60-Day Clock: Israel, Iran, and the 60-Day Race to a Deal
The U.S. - Israel Unwinding, Part 2: The Attempted Congressional Lock That Will Not Hold
The Unwinding, Part 1: Why the U.S. - Israel Special Relationship Faces Structural Threats
Hormuz Reopens, the Nuclear Question Remains: 9 Preliminary Observations
A Tentative Break from Moscow: Armenia’s Election Victory and the Risks Ahead
Plausible Deniability Lost: The Strategic Consequences of the Israel - Azerbaijan Leaks On Iran War
Trump vs Netanyahu, and Iran Deal: Who Calls The Shots?
Rearmament and Rebalancing: The New Franco-German Equation
America’s Wobble Is Forcing the Indo-Pacific to Rebuild Itself
Ukraine's Mid-Range Strikes & "Logistics Lockdown" Bring Crimea Back Into Play
Israel's Expansion Into Lebanon: The Veto On U.S.-Iran Deal by Other Means
From Yerevan to Belgrade: Russia’s Geopolitical Influence Is Receding
The Deal Behind the Summit: China’s Strategic Gains from Russian Dependence
Russia's Escalation Born of Desperation: Kyiv Bombardment, Embassy Threats, and the Belarus Bluff
Putin’s Unpalatable Choices: The War Russia Cannot Sustain as Is
The Iran Standoff: Why Both Deal and War Are Possible
Energy, Leverage, and Hierarchy: What Putin’s Beijing Visit Revealed
Cuba Is the Strategic Prize: What the U.S. Wins if Cuba Changes
Cuba’s Inflection Point: Pressure, Leverage, and the Risk of Collapse
Signaling an Endgame: What Putin’s Messaging Is Really Doing
Xi-Trump Summit: China Has More Cards This Time
The Rise of Competing Blocs in the Middle East
Operation Epic Fury: The Day Saudi Arabia Vetoed an American Operation
Operation Epic Fury: The Blockade & Bargaining
The Bigger Saudi-UAE Split Behind OPEC Exit
The Window, Not the Victory: How Ukraine’s Gains Could Still Unravel
From Survival to Leverage: How Ukraine Rebuilt Leverage in 2026
Maximum Pressure, Wrong Order: The Strategy That Could Still Salvage the Deal
Maximum Pressure, Minimum Leverage: Iran’s Hardliner Ascendancy
Corridors and Control: The Strategic Logic Behind Russia’s Caucasus Push
Iran Blockade Escalation And The Coercion Paradox
The Russia-Azerbaijan Rapprochement Logic: How War in Iran Reshapes the Caucasus Balance
China’s Dual Dividend From The U.S. - Iran War: The Munitions Bleed and the Intelligence Harvest
From Blockade to Bargain: The Strategic Tradeoffs Behind the Ceasefire
The Disarmament Mirage: Why Hezbollah Is Unlikely To Be Disarmed by Mere Declarations Alone
Hungary Election Observations & Implications, Part II: The Strategic Consequences of Orban’s Defeat
Who Blinks First? The Endurance Test Behind the Hormuz Blockade
The Double Game: How China Arms Iran While Brokering Peace
The Midterm Constraint: How Domestic Political Pressure On Trump Is Shaping Iran Negotiations
The Cuba Play: Regime Change vs Regime Alterations
The Ceasefire of Contradictions: Diplomacy Built on Mutually Exclusive Realities
A NATO Ally, A Kremlin Asset: The Strategic Cost of Backing Orban
U.S. - Iran Negotiations Gap That Cannot Close
Corruption As A Strategic Weapon: Exploiting the Rot Inside Russia’s War Machine
From the Black Sea to Hormuz: The Precedent That Could Avert a Global Hunger Crisis
Pakistan’s War: The Four Fronts Driving Islamabad to the Center of the Iran Crisis
Operation Epic Fury: Conflicting Signals and the Absence of an End State
The Other Front: Why Ukraine Is Approaching a Strategic Turning Point
Operation Epic Fury: The Beijing Dividend, And The Steel-Man Case for China as the War's Winner
Operation Epic Fury: The Widening Gap Between Stated Goals and Actual Conduct
Operation Epic Fury: The Houthis' Perspective
Operation Epic Fury: Iran's Houthi Card
Operation Epic Fury: How to Make Russia Pay for Arming the Enemy
Operation Epic Fury: Rebutting "Israel Dragged U.S. Into This War'' Narrative. Part II.
Operation Epic Fury: The Confidence of the Cornered, And Why Iran Thinks It Can Dictate Terms
Operation Epic Fury: Rebutting "Israel Dragged U.S. Into This War'' Narrative. Part I.
Operation Epic Fury: Rebutting Kharg Island Worst-Case Scenarios.
Operation Epic Fury: Iran's Diego Garcia Strike Attempt: Signaling And Strategic Self-Harm
Operation Epic Fury: Washington Now Funding The Regime It Is Trying To Destroy
Trump's Populist Lever In Europe Has Weakened Dramatically
Israel Is On Track To Creating a "Hexagon" Trap For The U.S. By Planning An Anti-Turkey Alliance.
Operation Epic Fury: Russia Is The Main Winner Thus Far
Operation Epic Fury: Frequently Changing War Objectives, And Why Trump Should Seize The Kharg Island
Operation Epic Fury: Four Areas Where Iran Is Succeeding
Operation Epic Fury: Arrows, Archers, and the Real Chokepoint
Operation Epic Fury: The ''Unconditional Surrender'' Trap
The Israeli Gas Conspiracy Theory: Why It Matters That We Debunk This Now
Operation Epic Fury: Iran's Attack On Azerbaijan Could Turn Into A Historic Blunder
Operation Epic Fury: Europe’s Hard Turn and the Energy Clock
Operation Epic Fury: CIA's Kurdish Gambit & A Dangerous Outsourcing of Regime Change
Operation Epic Fury: First Observations
The Target List Is the Strategy: What Trump Won’t Say but the Buildup Already Shows
The Logic of Absorption: Why Iran Will Fight, and Why Washington Must Not Fight Slowly: Part II
The Logic of Absorption: Why Iran Will Fight, and Why Washington Must Not Fight Slowly: Part I
Two Carriers, No Concessions: The Shrinking Window Before Iran Confrontation
Rubio’s Munich Speech and the Irreversible Drift: Why Words Cannot Undo Structural Divergence
A State Assassination in the Arctic — Navalny Murder Confirmed, And What the West Must Do Next
Cuba’s Endgame: Energy Siege, Peso Collapse, and the Refugee Wave Deterrent
War Without Breakthrough: Russia’s Shrinking Capacity to Dictate Terms
Why Trump Wants a Ukraine Deal by June: Artificial Deadlines and Real Battlefield Momentum
The Region Chooses Sides: Iran Standoff And Differing Regional Incentives Involved.
After New START: A World Of Multipolar Nuclear Risk
India plays the long game: How a pact with the EU likely forced Trump's hand
Iran’s Impossible Deal: Why Diplomacy Is Stalling and Confrontation Is Still The Likeliest Outcome
Iran’s Retaliation Options: Bases, Hormuz, and the Global Oil Shock
The Endgame Approaches: How Washington Is Boxing In the Iranian Regime
Highlights From The New National Defense Strategy – And What Is Missing: Part 2
Highlights From The New National Defense Strategy – And What Is Missing: Part I.
From Dependent to Indispensable: How Ukraine Played Davos
Beyond Parody: Greenland, Threats, and the Self-Destruction of U.S. Credibility
Greenland: A Solution in Search of a Problem And How America’s Arctic Objectives Are Already Met
Greenland, Blackmail, and the Fracturing of the West: Strategic Costs of Intimidating Allies
After the Trump Promise To Intervene—How to Act And Help Iranian Protesters Without Overreaching
Protests In Iran: A Regime Under Pressure from All Sides
Not the Next Venezuela: The Real Risks Facing Colombia and Mexico
The Day After Maduro: Risks, Leverage, and the Fight for Venezuela’s Future