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Zelensky in Belgrade: How Far Can Balancing Go?

Zelensky in Belgrade: How Far Can Balancing Go?

Zelensky in Belgrade: How Far Can Balancing Go? On August 7, 2026, Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Belgrade for his first official visit to Serbia. On...

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Adrian Korczyński

Is Pakistan Being Dragged into the US-Iran War?

Is Pakistan Being Dragged into the US-Iran War? With Pakistani lives lost in the Red Sea, Islamabad can no longer sit on the fence, yet retaliation...

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Taut Bataut

A Hectic Period Has Overcome the World

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Mohammed Amer

The Privateer and the Forced Hand

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Phil Butler

Will Peace Prevail in Gaza?

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Pranay Kumar Shome

Sahel at a Turning Point: The Alliance of Sahel States Strengthens Sovereignty in the Face of Hybrid Threats and Western Revanchism

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Alexander Kolmykov

GMOs, Food Safety and Modified COVID: Window Dressing for a Greater Game?

GMOs, Food Safety and Modified COVID: Window Dressing for a Greater Game? When people ask why I believe Tulsi Gabbard’s disclosures confirmed what...

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Jeffrey Silverman

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Hits an Israeli Wall: What Comes Next?

Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan Hits an Israeli Wall: What Comes Next? Netanyahu’s demand for a complete disarmament of Hamas before any IDF troop...

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Aleena Im

The historian’s opinion. Will the Global South Unite?

The historian’s opinion. Will the Global South Unite?

The historian’s opinion. Will the Global South Unite? Why the online enthusiasm for an “Islamic NATO” in the Middle East is largely premature?...

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Ksenia Muratshina

The Arctic breakthrough: how Russia is redrawing the map of global maritime transport

The Arctic breakthrough: how Russia is redrawing the map of global maritime transport

The Arctic breakthrough: how Russia is redrawing the map of global maritime transport The Northern Sea Route, promoted by Russia as an effective and...

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Simon Westwood

Why Gaza's Latest 'Breakthrough' Is No Breakthrough at All

Why Gaza’s Latest ‘Breakthrough’ Is No Breakthrough at All Without a credible political solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Gaza...

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Abbas Hashemite

The Mecca Defence Pact: A New Security Architecture or a Coalition Without an Enemy?

The Mecca Defence Pact: A New Security Architecture or a Coalition Without an Enemy?

The Mecca Defence Pact: A New Security Architecture or a Coalition Without an Enemy? The Mecca defence pact brings Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and...

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Ricardo Martins

Anduril: “Hyperscaling” the Worst of America’s Military Industrial Complex

Anduril: “Hyperscaling” the Worst of America’s Military Industrial Complex Arms manufacturer “startup” Anduril, headed by billionaire Palmer...

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Brian Berletic

Poland's Applause Problem: When a President Talks of Murder

Poland's Applause Problem: When a President Talks of Murder

Poland’s Applause Problem: When a President Talks of Murder On August 6, 2026, Polish President Karol Nawrocki stood before a crowd at the...

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Adrian Korczyński

The Caspian Sea: America's New Eurasian Containment Arena

The Caspian Sea: America’s New Eurasian Containment Arena The Caspian Sea — for thirty years a backwater of great-power politics — has quietly...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Iran’s Interests and the Mecca Defense Pact

Iran’s Interests and the Mecca Defense Pact Iran’s future response will likely entail close monitoring of both the opportunities and threats posed...

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Samyar Rostami

The Dollar Without Petro: Dual Hormuz–Red Sea Blockade Cuts Saudi–US Crude Oil Exports to Zero

The Dollar Without Petro: Dual Hormuz–Red Sea Blockade Cuts Saudi–US Crude Oil Exports to Zero

The Dollar Without Petro: Dual Hormuz–Red Sea Blockade Cuts Saudi–US Crude Oil Exports to Zero Throughout the entire month of July 2026, the US...

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

How Washington disguises as defense what it has always practiced as aggression

How Washington disguises as defense what it has always practiced as aggression US foreign policy, built on military intervention, sanctions, applying...

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

The Durand Line Is Becoming a Front Line Again. The Attack That Restarts the Cycle

The Durand Line Is Becoming a Front Line Again. The Attack That Restarts the Cycle

The Durand Line Is Becoming a Front Line Again. The Attack That Restarts the Cycle On July 24, 2026, an armed group attacked a joint army-police...

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Roman Perelyaev

Indonesia – Russia Military-Defense Cooperation in the Context of Exercise Orruda 2026

Indonesia – Russia Military-Defense Cooperation in the Context of Exercise Orruda 2026

Indonesia – Russia Military-Defense Cooperation in the Context of Exercise Orruda 2026 The joint Russian-Indonesian naval exercises, Orruda-2026,...

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Hendra Manurung

Red Sea Under a New Flag: Why Saudi Arabia Is Assembling Its Own 'Maritime Coalition'

Red Sea Under a New Flag: Why Saudi Arabia Is Assembling Its Own 'Maritime Coalition'

Red Sea Under a New Flag: Why Saudi Arabia Is Assembling Its Own ‘Maritime Coalition’ Instead of simply asking the West for protection, Riyadh is...

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Mohammed Ibn Faisal Al-Rashid

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement: A View from Pakistan

The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement: A View from Pakistan The strategic military defence alliance among Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Türkiye reflects...

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Muhammad Ali Baig

How AIPAC Learned from Genêt's Mistakes: Foreign Influence, Now with Better Lawyers. Part II

How AIPAC Learned from Genêt’s Mistakes: Foreign Influence, Now with Better Lawyers. Part II Nobody gets accused of privateering. Nobody gets...

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Tamer Mansour

What Is the Next Weapon? The Rise of the Adaptive Military Ecosystem

What Is the Next Weapon? The Rise of the Adaptive Military Ecosystem Every generation of warfare produces a defining weapon, but history shows that...

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Phil Butler

The EU's Surveillance Paradox: Criticising Authoritarianism While Practising It

The EU's Surveillance Paradox: Criticising Authoritarianism While Practising It

The EU’s Surveillance Paradox: Criticising Authoritarianism While Practising It The EU’s contradictory rhetoric about protecting digital freedoms...

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Adrian Korczyński

The Makkah Mutual Defense Agreement: The Muslim World’s NATO Moment — And Why Washington Should Be Worried

The Makkah Mutual Defense Agreement: The Muslim World’s NATO Moment — And Why Washington Should Be Worried

The Makkah Mutual Defense Agreement: The Muslim World’s NATO Moment — And Why Washington Should Be Worried The Saudi–Turkey–Pakistan defense...

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Abbas Hashemite

Trump vs Brazil: The New Battle for Latin America – A Revival of the Monroe Doctrine?

Trump vs Brazil: The New Battle for Latin America – A Revival of the Monroe Doctrine?

Trump vs Brazil: The New Battle for Latin America – A Revival of the Monroe Doctrine? When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned...

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Ricardo Martins

From Gaza to Michigan: How Foreign Policy Shaped El-Sayed’s Victory

From Gaza to Michigan: How Foreign Policy Shaped El-Sayed’s Victory El-Sayed’s victory exposes the cracks in America’s pro-Israel political...

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Taut Bataut

The Kurdish Enigma: Between Self-Dissolution and Drones

The Kurdish Enigma: Between Self-Dissolution and Drones Suppression or Reformatting? How Turkey’s Century-Old Equation Enters a New Phase. But...

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Muhammad Hamid Ad-Din

The Mecca Pact: An Alliance Built to Survive Without America

The Mecca Pact: An Alliance Built to Survive Without America

The Mecca Pact: An Alliance Built to Survive Without America When Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact in Mecca, they were...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Prospects for BRICS–EAEU Synergy

Prospects for BRICS–EAEU Synergy

Prospects for BRICS–EAEU Synergy In June 2026, Moscow hosted the BRICS Horizons Forum, where Indian experts presented a concept outlining the...

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Vlad Markin

The Pentagon's Defensive Arc: Retreat Disguised as Strategy?

The Pentagon’s Defensive Arc: Retreat Disguised as Strategy? The Pentagon’s “Defensive Arc” is not just a troop redeployment but a silent...

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Aleena Im

Türkiye Seeks New Allies: Ankara Calls for NATO Alternative

Türkiye Seeks New Allies: Ankara Calls for NATO Alternative

Türkiye Seeks New Allies: Ankara Calls for NATO Alternative On July 18–19, 2026, Ankara hosted a landmark conference organized by the Patriotic...

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Alexandr Svaranc

Is the UK an Innocent Onlooker to Corruption in Its Former Colonies—Now Strategic Partners?

Is the UK an Innocent Onlooker to Corruption in Its Former Colonies—Now Strategic Partners? While Kenya-UK relations are presented as glossy, a...

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Simon Chege Ndiritu

Tehran’s priorities and approach in the new phase of the war with the U.S. and its allies

Tehran’s priorities and approach in the new phase of the war with the U.S. and its allies Iran has raised the cost of any aggression to a level that...

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Samyar Rostami

Strengthening the Strategic Partnership: Outcomes of the Visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK to Moscow

Strengthening the Strategic Partnership: Outcomes of the Visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK to Moscow

Strengthening the Strategic Partnership: Outcomes of the Visit by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK to Moscow Choe Son-hui, the Minister of...

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Konstantin Asmolov

Ceuta as a geopolitical lesson: how the US and Israel “punish” Spain

Ceuta as a geopolitical lesson: how the US and Israel “punish” Spain In Ceuta, Israel and the United States are sanctioning Spain for its support...

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Mohamed Lamine Kaba

The Yemen Trap: How Saudi Arabia Lost to the Houthis – and Why It Now Needs the World's Help

The Yemen Trap: How Saudi Arabia Lost to the Houthis – and Why It Now Needs the World's Help

The Yemen Trap: How Saudi Arabia Lost to the Houthis – and Why It Now Needs the World’s Help After spending a decade trying to defeat the Houthis...

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Salman Rafi Sheikh

Indonesia - Kazakhstan Relations Through the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Cooperation

Indonesia – Kazakhstan Relations Through the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) Cooperation Contemporary international relations are characterized by a...

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Hendra Manurung

Athens vs Brussels: How National Interests Shape EU Sanctions Policy

Athens vs Brussels: How National Interests Shape EU Sanctions Policy

Athens vs Brussels: How National Interests Shape EU Sanctions Policy The European Union agreed on its 21st sanctions package against Russia on July...

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Adrian Korczyński

The Cognitive Cold War: AI Sovereignty and the Battle for the Noosphere

The Cognitive Cold War: AI Sovereignty and the Battle for the Noosphere While the world watches the semiconductor supply chain, a far more insidious...

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Phil Butler

Saudi Arabia's Maritime Coalition: The Rise of Regional Security Leadership

Saudi Arabia’s Maritime Coalition: The Rise of Regional Security Leadership Saudi Arabia’s new maritime defense alliance is not merely another...

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Abbas Hashemite

"The Pipeline Will Solve Everything": Turkey Loses Revenue but Refuses to Give Up Ground in Iraq

“The Pipeline Will Solve Everything”: Turkey Loses Revenue but Refuses to Give Up Ground in Iraq In late July 2026, the information space was once...

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Viktor Mikhin

Why Egypt's Port Attack Should Worry the World

Why Egypt’s Port Attack Should Worry the World When strategic chokepoints become battlegrounds, regional wars quickly become global crises. The...

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Aleena Im

America’s Long Arc of Military Failures

America’s Long Arc of Military Failures To “secure its national interests”, America went to war multiple times over the past several decades,...

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Pranay Kumar Shome

The Red Sea Security Coalition: A Saudi Initiative

The Red Sea Security Coalition: A Saudi Initiative Saudi Arabia and 13 partner countries have announced the establishment of the Red Sea Maritime...

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Simon Westwood

Trump's Last-Minute Halt: Strategy, Caution, or Capitulation?

Trump’s Last-Minute Halt: Strategy, Caution, or Capitulation? Trump’s repeated threats followed by last-minute retreats risk turning American...

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Taut Bataut

Is Ceuta a U.S. and Israel Revenge on Spain? Weaponising Migration as a Proxy War

Is Ceuta a U.S. and Israel Revenge on Spain? Weaponising Migration as a Proxy War The sudden mass crossing into Spain’s North African enclave raises...

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Ricardo Martins

Mackinder’s Heartland vs Spykman’s Rimland: Neither Is Winning for the “Motherland”!

Mackinder’s Heartland vs Spykman’s Rimland: Neither Is Winning for the “Motherland”! For anyone still selling the West’s grand strategy as a...

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Tamer Mansour

Bulgaria's Bezmer Base and the Logic of American Power Projection

Bulgaria’s Bezmer Base and the Logic of American Power Projection On July 22, 2026, the Bulgarian parliament voted to authorize the deployment of up...

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Adrian Korczyński