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We are witnessing a profound shift in the utility of soft power. Traditionally, diplomacy is used to avoid war. Here, diplomacy is being used to frame a war that cannot be avoided.
The military campaign by US-Israel in the Middle East has definitively abandoned the pretense of surgical precision, opting instead to dismantle the foundational civilian and industrial backbone of the Iranian state.
The disjointed Europe Iran war reaction exposes the continent’s complete geopolitical irrelevance as the US and Israel dictate global security.
The US-Israel alliance fracture is exposed as Israel defiantly bombs Tehran during Trump’s mandated five-day pause. Is this the end of US leverage over Israel?
The IEA triggers the “nuclear option” of oil reserves as the US-Israel-Iran conflict chokes the Strait of Hormuz.
The findings suggest that these blockades function less like targeted diplomatic leverage and more like wide-spectrum economic warfare.
U.S. President Donald Trump hints at an imminent resolution to the US-Israeli war on Iran. Iran responded that it will decide when and how to end this war
A straightforward explainer on Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s new supreme leader, detailing his history as an administrator and his connections to the military.
The rules-based order demands total transparency from Iran while funding Israel’s deliberate nuclear ambiguity. A look at the NPT’s biggest double standard.
An Iranian warship returning from an Indian naval exercise was torpedoed by a US submarine 40 nautical miles off Sri Lanka. New Delhi said nothing.
India’s foreign policy shift from strategic autonomy to US-Israel alignment is costing New Delhi its Global South credibility and energy security. Here is what went wrong.
Operation Epic Fury was not just an attack on Iran. It was an assault on the legal architecture that has restrained great-power violence since 1945—and the United Nations said so out loud.