The Organization of Turkic States is evolving into a geopolitical force, driven by connectivity, security, and Central Asia’s critical minerals.
As Iran faces external pressure, Balochistan emerges as a key flashpoint where dissent, repression and insurgency challenge Tehran’s power.
Israel’s evolving nuclear posture, deterrence strategy, and the risks of escalation in an increasingly uncertain Middle East.
Analysis of Trump’s Beijing visit, US-China-Iran dynamics, and the ‘reluctant merchant’ era showing limits of US power in a shifting global order.
UAE shifts from omni-alignment to strategic diversification, leveraging flexible alliances, tech, and energy policy to secure autonomy amid Gulf instability.
Hezbollah’s 2024 leadership crisis and survival face new limits in 2026, as war, losses, and pressure test its narrative, legitimacy, and resilience.
The Iran conflict exposes the limits of military hardware, showing how resilience, geography and asymmetric warfare can blunt conventional power.
Why the U.S.-Iran war is really about China: how Tehran’s rise, Gulf hedging, and Russian backing reshaped Washington’s strategy.
As U.S.-Iran talks continue, Libya’s experience offers a warning: nuclear weapons cannot compensate for corruption, repression, and misrule.
For the first time in almost six decades, intellectuals are engaged in an open conversation about their state, society, and shared future in Syria.
Almond teaches us to appreciate that the political interests of individuals are too complex to fit into Huntington or Said’s grand theories.
Interview with Kurdish poet Abdulla Pashew on Iran war, Kurdish self-determination, political unity, culture, exile, and the future of Kurdish nationalism.
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