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Jose Lev Alvarez

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Oman is building Iran’s ultimate sanctions back door

Oman is building Iran’s ultimate sanctions back door

Oman turned the closure of the Strait of Hormuz into a strategic commercial victory. Ports at Duqm, Salalah, and Sohar now absorb the cargo that once...

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Jose Lev Alvarez

Let Bosnia collapse: Why Trump must recognize Republika Srpska

Foggy Bottom’s obsession with a dysfunctional Bosnian condominium ignores reality and creates a dangerous strategic vacuum. History proves that the...

20.08.2026 50

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Middle East ‘neutrality’ is a fraud. Trump must shatter it before the trap is complete

The Levant and Persian Gulf are drifting into a dangerous delusion. Syria, Egypt, Jordan, and Kuwait increasingly embrace a fraudulent...

19.08.2026 10

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If South Korea won’t defend Hormuz, Trump should pull the nuclear umbrella

President Donald Trump’s decision to curtail the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercises exposes a foundational pathology within the U.S.-South Korea...

18.08.2026 9

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Turkey just bought El Salvador’s key ports. Why is Washington looking the other way?

Turkey no longer confines its neo-Ottoman ambitions to the Middle East or North Africa. Yıldırım Holding’s Yilport recently secured a $1.62...

17.08.2026 8

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Hamas isn’t just in Gaza. It’s building a second front under America’s nose

Think Hamas is just a Gaza problem? Think again. For decades, Washington’s bloated analytical class and the State Department’s Bureau of Western...

14.08.2026 7

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Iran’s next front isn’t the Middle East — it’s America’s backyard

When Israeli officials revealed in November 2025 that Mexican security services had disrupted an Iranian plot to assassinate Jerusalem’s ambassador...

13.08.2026 4

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France broke the Levant. Trump can fix it by giving Syria Tripoli

On Sept. 1, 1920, French High Commissioner Henri Gouraud signed a decree that ripped Tripoli from Faisal’s short-lived Syrian Arab Kingdom, only...

12.08.2026 40

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Is Spain a NATO ally or a state sponsor of terrorism?

For decades, Madrid’s leftist foreign policy establishment has substituted strategic clarity with moral bankruptcy, quietly strengthening Iran’s...

11.08.2026 10

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While Washington hesitates, Israel is blocking China and Iran in America’s backyard

Israel is quietly executing a masterclass in geopolitical realism, while Western diplomats indulge in hand-wringing and empty rhetoric. Advanced...

10.08.2026 10

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China is quietly seizing the Atlantic’s most critical gateway — and Washington is fast asleep

For more than two centuries, the Manila Galleons carried Chinese silk, porcelain, and spices across the Pacific to Acapulco. From there, the cargo...

07.08.2026 10

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No teeth, no peace: Why Trump’s Gaza deal will collapse

The Trump administration’s Board of Peace road map promises Hamas disarmament in exchange for phased Israeli withdrawals. Yet, predictable disputes...

06.08.2026 7

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Spain forfeited its borders. Trump should hand Ceuta to Morocco

Diplomacy is often an exercise in willful blindness, but there comes a point when reality completely shatters the fiction. For America’s foreign...

03.08.2026 9

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Putin’s Backfire fleet is burning — Ukraine shows the West how to win

24.06.2026 20

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America needs a Taiwan envoy before Beijing turns Formosa Strait into Hormuz 2.0

19.06.2026 10

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Stop forcing Americans to subsidize Iran’s Palestinian forward bases

18.06.2026 10

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Spain is no longer a democracy

16.06.2026 20

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Trump repackages Obama’s Iran surrender and takes Americans for fools

15.06.2026 20

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Spain’s leftists shield killers of American business executive

10.06.2026 10

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America’s restraint is Iran’s best ally

09.06.2026 10

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Red alert: China’s nuclear surge is an emergency-level threat

04.06.2026 10

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Beaufort Castle reveals who really rules Lebanon

02.06.2026 20

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Iran’s Iraqi killer sits in an American cell. Trump must sanction Baghdad if it shields the others

01.06.2026 10

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Trump’s Cuba gambit: Leverage to corner Iran and moderate Sunni camp

27.05.2026 10

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Iran’s mafia networks have defeated US sanctions

27.05.2026 20

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Cuba’s regime has no military answer to American power

26.05.2026 20

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Spain’s Zapatero exposed as Maduro’s fixer. Trump must extradite him now

25.05.2026 50

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Iran turns Cuba into a drone foothold just 90 miles from US

20.05.2026 30

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