Analysis

The Price of Strategic Incoherence in Iran: For America, the War’s Benefits Won’t Outweigh Its Costs

In the annals of American foreign policy, there are costly wars, and then there are wars where the ledger sheet…

7 months ago

The Tragedy of Great-Power Foreign Policy: Do Realists Hold the Solution to a World in Crisis?

How Emma Ashford's realist manifesto — and 30 years of liberal hubris — rewrote the terms of the debate on…

7 months ago

America’s $63 Billion Oil Jackpot: How Gulf War Disruption Is Making US Producers the World’s Biggest Energy Winners

With Brent crude above $100 and the Strait of Hormuz choked by war, US oil majors ExxonMobil and Chevron are…

7 months ago

Asia’s Oil Dependence Heightens Vulnerability Amid US-Israel Strikes on Iran

By the time Asian markets opened on Monday, March 2, 2026, the arithmetic of energy exposure was already impossible to…

7 months ago

Britain’s Veto on US Bases: A Turning Point in the Iran Standoff?

Britain has blocked the US from using Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford for potential Iran strikes, triggering a Trump-Starmer rift…

8 months ago

Indonesia’s Bold Market Reforms: Can an $80 Billion Rout Catalyze Genuine Transformation?

The Jakarta Composite Index's brutal 16.7% plunge over two trading days in late January 2026 wasn't just another emerging market…

8 months ago

The Epstein Inventory: Power, Pathology, and the 2026 Reckoning

As the Justice Department concludes its court-mandated purge of over 3 million documents, the release of the “Epstein Files” offers…

8 months ago

How Venezuela Becomes a Quagmire: Washington Is Repeating Mistakes It Made in Iraq

The predawn raid on January 3, 2026, achieved what years of sanctions and diplomatic pressure could not. U.S. special forces…

9 months ago

The Hidden Economic Toll of Dengue Outbreaks: Lessons from Pakistan’s 2025 Crisis and Why the World Must Act Now

In the sweltering backstreets of Karachi last November, Ahmed, a 38-year-old daily-wage laborer, felt the familiar ache behind his eyes…

9 months ago

The Arctic’s Hidden Treasure: Inside Greenland’s $1 Trillion Race That Could Reshape Global Power

Standing on the edge of Greenland's Kvanefjeld plateau, you wouldn't guess that beneath your feet lies one of the world's…

9 months ago