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There’s lots of disinformation being pushed out about the protests in Iran, and while the crisis is probably as great as it was in 1979, there is...
Boards of directors are a funny bunch. Often lacking expertise, claiming knowledge they do not have and insight that never illuminates, its members...
Humanitarian aid is a catchphrase in diplomatic rhetoric. The EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas made statements to that...
In the Green Zone’s shadow, where the reek of treachery is as heavy as the air in a Baghdad summer, a specter is rising. Nouri al-Maliki—the man...
The most durable political crimes are not announced. They are administered—quietly—through protocol, wrapped in adult nouns like ‘restraint,’ ‘...
A shock and awe. The phrase is apt in describing what Israel has done in the occupied West Bank almost immediately following the events of 7 th...
On 26th December 2025, the State of Israel made a singular diplomatic declaration: it became the first nation in the world to recognize Somaliland...
What Israel is doing now is not strength. It is panic dressed up as sovereignty. When a state begins to ban humanitarian organisations en...
In the first article last week, I argued that Jeffrey Epstein was not a lone rogue predator. This week, I turn to the more troubling question: how...
The geopolitical shorthand for Iranian power used to be the “Land Bridge” — a 1,000-mile artery of influence stretching from the Zagros...
There are moments in international affairs when statistics stop behaving like abstractions and begin to smell of reality. Gaza has reached that...
The reintroduction of Nouri al-Maliki as Iraq’s prime ministerial candidate is not just a symbolic setback; it is a pathological symptom of the...
It usually takes archival digging, the golden gaffe, an ill-considered remark and occasional spells of candour by those in power, to admit that the...
After months of US military pressure on the Maduro regime, American forces carried out a raid on Caracas in the early hours of 3 January, abducting...
The abduction of Nicolás Maduro is part of a larger pattern. It belongs to the same doctrine that flattened Gaza under the language of...
While Western policymakers obsess over centrifuges, sanctions, and proxy militias, they are staring past the Islamic Republic’s greatest...
For decades, Western commentary has treated protest in Iran as a countdown to regime collapse. Each wave of unrest is framed as the final chapter...
In the post-war strategic landscape of the Middle East, silence constitutes the most deceptive variable. While the balance of power appears to have...
The Middle East is entering a quieter but far more consequential rupture. This is not the drama of crowds in public squares or leaders toppled...
What began as a diplomatic rupture has hardened into a regional power contest with direct consequences for US strategy from Gaza to the Eastern...
In the fragile silence that followed the Bondi terror attack, Australia was reminded of how quickly fear can rearrange public life. Fifteen people...
The one-state solution for Palestine has been spoken of for decades—sometimes as a moral ideal, sometimes as a technocratic fix, and at other times...
In a notable change of heart, Albanese’s government has reversed its stance in response to the Bondi attack, ultimately agreeing to a Royal...
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