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Key Takeaways: When the U.S. Navy, in co-ordination with Qatar and Oman, tried to slip a convoy of four vessels
Key Takeaways Plan ‘A’ was to topple the Islamic Republic which was seen as nothing more than a fragile house
The de-escalation framework that unfolded in the U.S.-Iran Lucerne talks largely stayed true to the original Iranian 10-point plan. Meanwhile,
The temporary cessation of hostilities across West Asia very much hangs in the balance. Originally, there was to be a
Bloomberg: “It is arguably Iran that has secured the most significant strategic victory … There is every sign that Tehran’s ability
The short answer is ‘no’. Trump was confabulating when he said that he was already in negotiations with ‘important’ Iranians.
Should Iran be able to maintain its choke-hold on the Hormuz, the geo-politics of Asia would be recast in a
Western propaganda machinery – the West’s most powerful strategic weapon – has repeatedly asserted that U.S. forces have been winning a swift
The U.S.-Israeli stand-off air-strike model of waging war is being challenged by a quite different strategic asymmetric war – one
The U.S.-Israeli war primordially is being waged to create Israeli hegemony across West Asia. At one level, the conflict is
Thursday’s diplomatic negotiations (26 Feb) – for all the panglossian noise from mediators and negotiators – confirmed the essential impasse.
We now can see more clearly the Trump Administration’s chosen path: In the wake of Davos and Munich, we have
It is not a glitch (that nothing gets resolved). It’s a feature. For it opens rather, a path for ‘Business’
Over the past two weeks, two important messages were conveyed to Iran, both of which were rejected. One came from the
As so often these days, a decisive attack on Iran – comes down in the final analysis to Trump’s psychology,
On Monday, when asked whether the U.S. would use force to seize Greenland, President Trump replied, “No comment”. He has previously
To understand the background to events in Iran today, we need to retrace what I quoted US commentator & Trump biographer Michael
So, finally an act of unvarnished predatory action by Trump and his team – the abduction of President Maduro in
In these last days, the Trump Administration has boarded or seized three tankers either loaded with Venezuelan oil or destined
Leading Israeli commentator, Anna Barsky, in Ma’ariv (in Hebrew) writes: “Let [Trump’s] plan in Gaza – fail”. “An Israeli ‘waiting ploy’ is being
The starting gun for the U.S. 2026 Midterms was fired this past week with three consequential elections and a key
U.S. foreign policy, drenched in the hubris that the U.S. won the Cold War militarily (in Afghanistan); won it economically
Trump’s attempt to build a ‘Budapest scenario’ (i.e. a Putin-Trump summit grounded on the earlier Alaska ‘understanding’) was unilaterally cancelled
Trump: “This problem with Vietnam … We stopped fighting to win. We would have won easy. We would have won
Creeping, thunderous changes are underway in the West. A new political doctrine has taken root: Western Conservative (and younger) populist
The second stage to Trump’s ‘hand-off’ of the Ukraine war to the Europeans was clearly set out in his Truth Social post of
‘Gaza is on fire; the Jewish state will not relent’, Israeli Defence Minister Katz excitedly proclaims: “The IDF is striking with
The strike on the Hamas negotiating team assembled in Doha to discuss the ‘Witkoff Gaza proposal’ is not just another
The gloves are off. The SCO Summit was a clear demonstration of the reality of power starkly coalescing, on the
Israel’s strategy from past decades continues to rest on the hope of achieving some literal Chimeric transformative “de-radicalisation” of both
The Epstein cloud is metastasizing and becoming a rallying point for deep-seated popular alienation from certain ruling strata. The public
The big issue emerging from the U.S.’ 22 June strike on Iran – second only to ‘wither Iran?’ – is
By Daphne Posadas For the first time in years, we are witnessing multiple flashpoints, where the world would have looked
“Depending on who you ask, the U.S. bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan was either a smashing...
At one level, Iran plainly ‘won’. Trump had wanted to be regaled with a reality-TV style, splendid ‘Victory’. Sunday’s attack
The IAEA Board’s ‘Non-Compliance’ Resolution on 12 June 2025 was the planned precursor for Israel’s ‘bolt from the blue’ strike
The Musk versus Trump fallout (at least for now) has a distinct ‘made for television’ quality to it. But do
Russia’s leadership is in ‘conclave’ determining its riposte. Trump has been silent for two days. Unprecedented. In the last days,...
“I believe we must start from the notion of defeat leading to revolution – to grasp the Trump revolution”. “The experience
Presentation at the XXIII International Likhachev Scientific Readings, St Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences, 22-23 May 2025 –
Even the need for transition – just to be clear – has only just begun to be recognised in the U.S. For
The story, both on Ukraine and Iran, is that President Trump wants a ‘deal’ – and both deals are available –
Political warfare in Washington is endemic. But the body count at the Pentagon has started to rise precipitously. Three of Secretary of Defence...
Trump clearly is in the midst of an existential conflict. He has a landslide mandate. But is ringed by a
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