Articles

The Limits of Israel’s Degradation Strategy Against Iran’s Network State

Andreas Krieg • Jul 5 2025 • Articles

Iran’s system is not a command-and-control state but a strategic web that is hard to map, harder to break, and built for survival.

Beyond Superpowers: Forging a Resilient Future for East Africa Through Diversified Partnerships

Sinmyung Park • Jul 4 2025 • Articles

USAID’s suspension is a catalyst for strategic realignment, indicating that the era of reliance on superpower patronage is over.

Opinion – Argentina’s Javier Milei Shows his Teeth

Richard M. Sanders • Jul 4 2025 • Articles

How Milei would behave in an environment of greater freedom of action than he now enjoys is an open question.

Sovereignty Performed, Regionalism Denied: What the Thai-Cambodian Clash Reveals

Aniello Iannone • Jul 4 2025 • Articles

If ASEAN cannot act when its own members threaten regional peace, it risks becoming irrelevant.

Why ‘Global’ Conferences Aren’t Global

Ann-Murray Brown • Jul 1 2025 • Articles

Global conversations are often shaped without those most affected and structural barriers keep Global South voices out of key international forums.

Opinion – Oligarchic Constitutionalism in Europe? A Warning from Within

Salvador Santino Regilme • Jun 30 2025 • Articles

Europe may be evolving toward a constitutional order where governance appears democratic in form, but increasingly functions in ways that reproduce oligarchic power.

Trump, Tariffs and the Australian Federal Election

Patrick Leslie • Jun 29 2025 • Articles

Increasing international instability will test Australia’s political establishment to its limits.

Opinion – Beyond Neo-Ottomanism in Turkey’s Syria Strategy

Anil Can Özgün • Jun 29 2025 • Articles

Stability in Syria and in the wider region depends on pragmatic engagement with Ankara, not outdated assumptions about empire.

Opinion – International Students Are a High-Return Investment for the United States

Mohammad Javad Mousavizadeh • Jun 29 2025 • Articles

The US, a global magnet for over a million international students annually, gains far more than academic prestige from this influx.

Israel, the Ultimate Realist

Bailey Schwab • Jun 29 2025 • Articles

Israeli strategic planners can see both the collapse of Iran and the waning of American military centrality as dual pathways to regional hegemony.

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