Makkah Defence Pact 2026: How It Reshapes Global Power
Key Takeaways A New Architecture of Collective Deterrence Markets have spent 2026 pricing geopolitical risk almost exclusively through the lens
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Pakistan’s Mediating Role Resurfaces as US-Iran Technical Talks Stall
With the US-Iran interim deal expired and technical talks stalled, Pakistan’s role as a mediator alongside Qatar is back in
How Iran Has Been Studying Lessons from the War in Ukraine
There is a phrase used inside certain NATO planning cells that has become something of a grim shorthand for a
Why Xi Is Kneecapping His Own Top Men
Targeting the inner circle of leadership shows no one is safe. Xi Jinping’s unprecedented purge of his own inner circle
Vance’s ‘Final Offer’ in Islamabad: How the U.S.-Iran Talks Failed—and What It Means for the World
By Nathaniel Cross, Senior International Affairs Analyst and Contributor to The New York Times, Forbes, and Foreign Affairs. The sun
The Weight of Islamabad: What JD Vance’s Iran Gamble Tells Us About America — and the World
He boarded Air Force Two at Joint Base Andrews on a Friday morning and, in doing so, stepped into history.
How Iran Should End the War: A Deal Tehran Could Take
The Strait of Hormuz is bleeding the world. Tehran still holds cards — but the clock is running out to
Donald Trump and the art of bad diplomacy
The scene was meant to project dominance. As President Trump returned to Washington from a weekend in Florida, he boasted
No Kings Protests 2026: Millions March in What Could Be the Largest Day of Demonstrations in U.S. History
Millions joined the No Kings protests on March 28, 2026, across all 50 states and a dozen countries, targeting Trump’s
The Strategic Shift: Why India is Frustrated by Pakistan’s Sudden Mediatory Role in the US-Iran Conflict
Islamabad’s Unlikely Ascent to Center Stage The Persian Gulf has always been a chessboard where empires and regional powers jostle
MH17 was the warning. The Middle East is the test. Aviation safety faces new challenges amid conflict
Imagine you are thirty-five thousand feet above the Persian Gulf, somewhere between the glittering corridors of Doha and the haze-shrouded
The False Promise of “Flexible Realism” — Trump’s War on Iran Reveals a Foreign Policy Without Principles
There is a particular audacity to naming a foreign policy doctrine after an intellectual tradition you are simultaneously dismantling. The
Could the Iran War Trigger a Global Economic Crisis?
On the morning of February 28, 2026, the world woke up to a new and terrifying arithmetic. U.S. and Israeli
Dubai’s Financial District Rattled by Iranian Drones: How the DIFC Drone Attack Is Reshaping the Gulf’s Economic Future
Iranian drones struck Dubai’s DIFC financial district on March 13, 2026 — sending smoke over the skyline and bankers to
US Military ‘Not Ready’ for Hormuz Conflict: Chris Wright Warns of $100 Oil Shock
For the first time since the Tanker War of the 1980s, the world’s most critical energy artery has become a
Mojtaba Khamenei as Supreme Leader Signals Iran Will Not Blink
An IRGC-Backed Coronation in the Shadow of War On the morning of March 8, 2026, the Islamic Republic of Iran
Why India’s Modi Backed Israel Over Iran — And What the Timing Reveals
Why did Narendra Modi fly to Jerusalem and upgrade India-Israel ties to a “Special Strategic Partnership for Peace, Innovation and