Three Belts of Iranian Strike, if Necessary
Major powers like wars fought far from their homes. The problem starts when the opponent decides that distance will no longer be a protection.
Russian Yabloko Falls Between Impossible Worlds
Is every outside help betrayal? Is every repression a defense of the state? Yabloko opens an uncomfortable question that Russia no longer wants to hear.
Saudi money, Turkish military, and Pakistani bomb
Three allies are building a common shield in the midst of war — but it remains to be seen whether it will protect them or someone else’s interests.
El-Sayed Breaks Through AIPAC’s Barricades
When millions can no longer buy obedience, America begins to discover just how badly its old political centre has decayed.
Russia Has Opened a Ballistic Window over Ukraine
Drones can still be hunted cheaply. But when a missile pierces the sky and demands a perfect defence, the entire war comes down to a matter of seconds.
Kiev changes military top, Moscow may need to do the same
Kiev is changing under the pressure of the street, but the real test is yet to come: can Moscow admit that the technological war has exposed its weaknesses as well?
Putin's Changes for a Frontless War
Four appointments, one message: in the new war there is no rear, logistics decides who survives and advances, and no one even imagines how it ends.
Arsenal of 'Comfortable Warfare' is Depleted
War from afar protects political and military heads but depletes rare capacities. When those run out, only raw war with all its visible consequences remains.
When the Danube loses its power: Hungary is just the beginning
While Europe seeks relief from the heat, its rivers are receding, quietly extinguishing a system we believed to be almost indestructible.
Analysis: Eurasia Will Be Cut by Fire
One dead sailor on a closed sea may just be a war statistic, but behind the attack, a strategic space is already emerging where there is no longer a neutral shore.
Farage is Not an Alternative but a Safety Valve
Ukraine, Israel, empire and capital: where rebellion should begin, Farage’s alternative collapses into complete continuity with the old order.
Russia Is Buying China Time at a Terrible Cost
While the West seeks a "new axis of evil," what we are really witnessing is a strategy that connects Ukraine, Taiwan, and wars yet to come.
Sudan Off-screen: Genocide That Doesn't Interest the World
Millions of people can starve, flee, and die almost unnoticed when their tragedy does not serve the interests of the great powers.
Third Term for Trump despite Constitution?
A third term may be all but impossible under the law, but US politics has long shown that political will often come before discovery of legal loopholes.
Germany on the Brink: AfD and the Fire Wall
When a country that once taught Europe stability starts cracking at the seams, the rest of the continent no longer has the luxury of watching from the sidelines.
Absorbing Pain from the Sky in Service of a New Order
Ukraine has created an important lever for counterattacks, but Zelensky is wrong if he thinks this will force Russia to stop the war. The opposite will happen.
Iran Nuclear Bomb Rumors Could Break Trump’s War
Trump launched the war to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. But what if Tehran already has one, or is ready to say it does?
Dark Eagle Over Iran: U.S. Hypersonic Gamble
Joining the hypersonic club is hard. Big projects bring delays, but war will not wait for America, especially when it lit the fuse itself.
Section 224 Scandal: The Pentagon-IDF Merger
As war rages in the Persian Gulf, Washington is quietly preparing a scandalous military-tech integration with Israel, far from public debate.
Israel's Lebanon Gambit Before Iran Deal
The Israeli army is pushing ever deeper into Lebanon, and this time it is in a hurry. When Trump says "it’s over", de facto borders may be in place.
