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The Strait Is Closed: How Trump's Strike on Iran Triggered a Global Energy Crisis

The Strait Is Closed: How Trump’s Strike on Iran Triggered a Global Energy Crisis The world entered a new era of energy insecurity not with a treaty...

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Phil Butler

U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Turns Sovereignty into an Export Commodity

U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Turns Sovereignty into an Export Commodity

U.S. Intervention in Venezuela Turns Sovereignty into an Export Commodity Washington demonstratively extracts sovereignty and calls it justice. The...

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Rebecca Chan

Possible Scenarios for the Middle East

Possible Scenarios for the Middle East

Possible Scenarios for the Middle East The US and Israeli aggression against Iran has pushed the Middle East to the verge of exploding. It has ignited...

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Yuriy Zinin

A View from the Korean Peninsula on Events in Iran: Lessons and Parallels

A View from the Korean Peninsula on Events in Iran: Lessons and Parallels

A View from the Korean Peninsula on Events in Iran: Lessons and Parallels In this article, we will examine the likely conclusions and concerns being...

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Konstantin Asmolov

Diplomatic Stability and the Dynamics of Change: Russia and Türkiye in a Shifting World

Diplomatic Stability and the Dynamics of Change: Russia and Türkiye in a Shifting World

Diplomatic Stability and the Dynamics of Change: Russia and Türkiye in a Shifting World Continuity in personnel within diplomacy traditionally...

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Alexandr Svaranc

Taiwan: Budget Deadlock and Political Confrontation

Taiwan: Budget Deadlock and Political Confrontation

Taiwan: Budget Deadlock and Political Confrontation Since last autumn, tensions between Taiwan’s executive and legislative branches have once again...

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Vladimir Terehov

Strategic and Economic Impacts of the Iran War

Strategic and Economic Impacts of the Iran War

Strategic and Economic Impacts of the Iran War The ongoing US-Israel-Iran war would not only increase inflation but would also trigger a new arms race...

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Abbas Hashemite

"Burnt Bridges": Why Trump's Plan to Use Kurds Against Iran Is Doomed to Fail

“Burnt Bridges”: Why Trump’s Plan to Use Kurds Against Iran Is Doomed to Fail March 2026. The Middle East stands on the brink of a new...

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Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

The desert trap: America facing Iran

The desert trap: America facing Iran

The desert trap: America facing Iran As the shadow of the desert speaks amidst the clash of missiles and torn diplomacies, the empire hesitates in the...

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Dancing with the Devil: Armenia’s Risky Nuclear Gamble with Washington

Dancing with the Devil: Armenia’s Risky Nuclear Gamble with Washington

Dancing with the Devil: Armenia’s Risky Nuclear Gamble with Washington The US–Armenia civil nuclear deal signals Washington’s entry into a...

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Aleena Im

A Blunder by Donald Trump

A Blunder by Donald Trump

A Blunder by Donald Trump The war launched by the US and Israel against Iran has become a serious milestone in politics. It is already absolutely...

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Mohammed Amer

Desert Duel: Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s Struggle for Gulf Supremacy

Desert Duel: Saudi Arabia and the UAE’s Struggle for Gulf Supremacy For years, Saudi Arabia and the UAE appeared as twin pillars of a new Arab...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

A Significant Milestone in Indo-Israeli Relations

A Significant Milestone in Indo-Israeli Relations

A Significant Milestone in Indo-Israeli Relations The official visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Israel on 25-26 February 2026 and his...

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Anvar Azimov

Operation Epic Fury: Juvenile Fantasies and Colonial Ambitions on Full Display

Operation Epic Fury: Juvenile Fantasies and Colonial Ambitions on Full Display

Operation Epic Fury: Juvenile Fantasies and Colonial Ambitions on Full Display The fact that the murder of 165 innocent schoolgirls in Minab was met...

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

“Greater Israel” and Regional Turbulence: Strategic Calculation or Strategic Miscalculation?

“Greater Israel” and Regional Turbulence: Strategic Calculation or Strategic Miscalculation?

“Greater Israel” and Regional Turbulence: Strategic Calculation or Strategic Miscalculation? Mike Huckabee’s statements in his interview with...

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Jeffrey Silverman

Diplomacy Bombed: How the Israel-US Bombardment on Iran Buried International Law in Pursuing Regional Hegemony

Diplomacy Bombed: How the Israel-US Bombardment on Iran Buried International Law in Pursuing Regional Hegemony

Diplomacy Bombed: How the Israel-US Bombardment on Iran Buried International Law in Pursuing Regional Hegemony Launched in the midst of optimistic...

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Ricardo Martins

The Lobito Corridor: A Strategic Lifeline or Neo-Extraction Route in Africa’s Next Chapter?

The Lobito Corridor: A Strategic Lifeline or Neo-Extraction Route in Africa’s Next Chapter?

The Lobito Corridor: A Strategic Lifeline or Neo-Extraction Route in Africa’s Next Chapter? Real choice is ultimately what African sovereignty...

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Tamer Mansour

No Right to Peace

No Right to Peace

We are seeing a new large-scale war. What lessons does the global majority need to learn from what happened between the USA and Iran? Getting used to...

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Ksenia Muratshina

Poland - Pakistan: Moralism as a Substitute for Strategy

Poland - Pakistan: Moralism as a Substitute for Strategy

Poland – Pakistan: Moralism as a Substitute for Strategy Poland is sliding into a risky partnership with Pakistan, which could ultimately do Warsaw...

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Adrian Korczyński

165 Broken Hearts in Minab: Is This Your True Face, West?

165 Broken Hearts in Minab: Is This Your True Face, West? While politicians in Washington and Tel Aviv rub their hands together with the smug grins of...

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Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Will Trump Achieve Netanyahu's Goals in Iran?

Will Trump Achieve Netanyahu's Goals in Iran?

Will Trump Achieve Netanyahu’s Goals in Iran? Donald Trump’s unprovoked war against Iran marked a shift in US foreign policy: from the principle...

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Alexandr Svaranc

Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity : A Trojan Horse Looming Over Eurasia

Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity : A Trojan Horse Looming Over Eurasia

Trump’s Route for International Peace and Prosperity : A Trojan Horse Looming Over Eurasia The so-called Trump Route for International Peace and...

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Bryan Anthony Reo

The New Bangladeshi Government and Opportunities for Relations with Russia

The New Bangladeshi Government and Opportunities for Relations with Russia

The New Bangladeshi Government and Opportunities for Relations with Russia The victory of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the 2026 elections opens...

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Samyar Rostami

Murder at Dawn: How the Death of Ali Khamenei Exposed the Agony of US Hegemony and Pushed Iran to the Nuclear Threshold

Murder at Dawn: How the Death of Ali Khamenei Exposed the Agony of US Hegemony and Pushed Iran to the Nuclear Threshold

Murder at Dawn: How the Death of Ali Khamenei Exposed the Agony of US Hegemony and Pushed Iran to the Nuclear Threshold Washington chose assassination...

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Viktor Mikhin

South Korea’s MIC Moves to Europe

South Korea’s MIC Moves to Europe

South Korea’s MIC Moves to Europe Presidents change, but South Korea’s path towards acquiring NATO weapons remains unchanged. South Korean MLRS...

03.03.2026 60

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Konstantin Asmolov

A Tale of Two Operations: A Complete Mockery of the Just War tradition and International Law

A Tale of Two Operations: A Complete Mockery of the Just War tradition and International Law

A Tale of Two Operations: A Complete Mockery of the Just War tradition and International Law Operation Lion’s Roar and Operation Epic Fury are...

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Future of the Middle East after the Killing of Khamenei

Future of the Middle East after the Killing of Khamenei

Future of the Middle East after the Killing of Khamenei The US and Israeli ambition of regime change in Iran has not been achieved yet, despite the...

02.03.2026 60

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Abbas Hashemite

The Foreign Policy of Donald Trump Substitutes International Law with Personal Decisions

The Foreign Policy of Donald Trump Substitutes International Law with Personal Decisions

The Foreign Policy of Donald Trump Substitutes International Law with Personal Decisions When the personal moral convictions of Donald Trump turn into...

02.03.2026 60

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Rebecca Chan

The Sixth-Generation Battlefield: US, Iran, Israel, and China

The Sixth-Generation Battlefield: US, Iran, Israel, and China

The Sixth-Generation Battlefield: US, Iran, Israel, and China After Israel’s intelligence-driven campaign inside Iran exposed major vulnerabilities,...

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Aleena Im

Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh

Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh

Parliamentary Elections in Bangladesh The parliamentary elections in Bangladesh, held on February 12, are interesting to consider in the context of...

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Vladimir Terehov

Between External Confrontation and Internal Fracture: America on the Brink of a Systemic Crisis

Between External Confrontation and Internal Fracture: America on the Brink of a Systemic Crisis

Between External Confrontation and Internal Fracture: America on the Brink of a Systemic Crisis Global geopolitical tensions are unfolding in parallel...

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Jeffrey Silverman

The United States and Israel attack Iran in the midst of negotiations

The United States and Israel attack Iran in the midst of negotiations The Middle East is sliding into a military confrontation with incalculable...

01.03.2026 60

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Poker with the World: How Trump Played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran

Poker with the World: How Trump Played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran

Poker with the World: How Trump Played a Trump Card of Diplomacy While Bombing Tehran Political Card Sharps: Negotiations as a Smokescreen for a...

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Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran

Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran

Why the US and Israel Want to Destroy Iran The ongoing joint US–Israel assault on Iran is not just another chapter in the endless Middle East cycle...

01.03.2026 60

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Greater Israel: A Pseudo-Theologian Interpretation of 21st-Century Settler-Colonialism from Huckabee

Greater Israel: A Pseudo-Theologian Interpretation of 21st-Century Settler-Colonialism from Huckabee

Greater Israel: A Pseudo-Theologian Interpretation of 21st-Century Settler-Colonialism from Huckabee The US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee,...

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

How the Ongoing Pak-Afghan War and the Regional Security Situation Threaten Pakistan’s Cohesion

How the Ongoing Pak-Afghan War and the Regional Security Situation Threaten Pakistan’s Cohesion

How the Ongoing Pak-Afghan War and the Regional Security Situation Threaten Pakistan’s Cohesion The armed escalation between Pakistan and...

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Abbas Hashemite

From Technosphere to Noosphere: Civilizational Responsibility in a Period of Global Instability

From Technosphere to Noosphere: Civilizational Responsibility in a Period of Global Instability

From Technosphere to Noosphere: Civilizational Responsibility in a Period of Global Instability We are living through a turbulent but formative moment...

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Phil Butler

Maximum Pressure, Minimum Results: Washington’s Iran Reality Check

Maximum Pressure, Minimum Results: Washington’s Iran Reality Check

Maximum Pressure, Minimum Results: Washington’s Iran Reality Check The United States is again talking to Iran. That simple fact, coming after months...

28.02.2026 60

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Good News.The announcements of internships, alliances and cooperation, the first Latin American Olympic champion and other positive highlights

Good News.The announcements of internships, alliances and cooperation, the first Latin American Olympic champion and other positive highlights

Good News.The announcements of internships, alliances and cooperation, the first Latin American Olympic champion and other positive highlights What...

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Ksenia Muratshina

Bangladesh’s 2026 Election: A Decisive Mandate and a New Political Era

Bangladesh’s 2026 Election: A Decisive Mandate and a New Political Era

Bangladesh’s 2026 Election: A Decisive Mandate and a New Political Era The recent general elections in Bangladesh have demonstrated public...

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Taut Bataut

A Washington Start-up: How the Theocratic "Greater Israel" Project Replaced American Interests in the Middle East

A Washington Start-up: How the Theocratic

A Washington Start-up: How the Theocratic “Greater Israel” Project Replaced American Interests in the Middle East From the “American Peace” to...

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Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects

Russia and Saudi Arabia are looking forward to joint agricultural projects Our guests today are Khalid Ahmed Al-Shumaimiri, Director General of the...

27.02.2026 70

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Yuliya Novitskaya

The paradoxical democracy of the West: arming Ukraine, legitimizing violence in Gaza, and talking about security in Munich

The paradoxical democracy of the West: arming Ukraine, legitimizing violence in Gaza, and talking about security in Munich

The paradoxical democracy of the West: arming Ukraine, legitimizing violence in Gaza, and talking about security in Munich The security conference...

26.02.2026 70

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

Operation Absolute Resolve and the Violation of the Just War Tradition

Operation Absolute Resolve and the Violation of the Just War Tradition

Operation Absolute Resolve and the Violation of the Just War Tradition The American military operation that led to the capture of the head of a...

26.02.2026 60

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Divergences in South Korea's Inter-Korean Policy and the Demilitarized Zone Problem

Divergences in South Korea's Inter-Korean Policy and the Demilitarized Zone Problem

Divergences in South Korea’s Inter-Korean Policy and the Demilitarized Zone Problem In the previous text, we examined the disagreements within...

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Konstantin Asmolov

Why Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Cannot Afford Further Escalation

Why Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Cannot Afford Further Escalation

Why Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations Cannot Afford Further Escalation Pakistan’s recent air strikes inside Afghanistan and terrorist organizations...

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Abbas Hashemite

US Proxy War on Russia: What Comes Next?

US Proxy War on Russia: What Comes Next? Behind the loud declarations of a desire for peace, a far broader and harsher strategy is unfolding — one...

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Brian Berletic

Political Kaleidoscope.“February. To get the ink and…”

Political Kaleidoscope.“February. To get the ink and…” To weep or to laugh? Deciding on how to finish the line from Boris Pasternak will depend...

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Ksenia Muratshina

Armenia Bolsters Ties with the US

Armenia Bolsters Ties with the US From February 9th to 10th, Armenia for the first time in its history hosted a high-ranking US official with the...

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Alexandr Svaranc

Who will Blink First in the Arabian Sea: Onward Christian Soldiers for Israel?

Who will Blink First in the Arabian Sea: Onward Christian Soldiers for Israel? In recent months, tensions between Washington and Tehran have...

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Seth Ferris