Americas

Venezuela’s crude oil output is unlikely to see significant increases for years, despite President Trump’s promises of U.S. oil investments following Nicolas Maduro’s capture. Although Venezuela is believed to possess the world’s largest oil reserves, production has drastically decreased due to decades of mismanagement and the nationalization of …

The United States is racing to secure dominance over critical minerals—the raw materials that underpin everything from electric vehicles and wind turbines to semiconductors and missile systems. Framed as a national-security imperative, Washington’s push reflects a growing fear of dependence on China, which controls large parts of the …

Dr. John Calabrese As the third and seemingly decisive round of talks in Geneva concluded, the Trump administration had avoided diplomatic deadlock — but only by narrowing negotiations to the nuclear file. Yet after airstrikes on nuclear facilities last June and sweeping public demands, Washington had left itself …

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reportedly killed in U. S. and Israeli strikes, which could threaten the clerical rule in Iran. The structure of Iran’s ruling system and its ideological support base complicate predictions about the future. The text discusses potential successors to Khamenei, the stability …

As U.S. and Israeli forces launched large-scale strikes against Iran on February 28, 2026, China made a deliberate choice: condemn the attack loudly, support Tehran quietly, and avoid a direct military clash with United States. The result is a textbook case of Beijing’s preferred crisis management model—strategic patience …

Dr. Ju Hyung Kim For much of the post–Cold War era, missile defense remained a marginal issue in Canada’s strategic discussion. Ottawa’s decision not to participate in US-led Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) in 2005 was framed as a principled stand against the weaponization of space and strategic instability. …

A U.S. Navy sailor signals for the launch of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 213, from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, while operating in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location February 28, …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The shockwave generated by the interview conducted by Tucker Carlson did not end when the cameras stopped rolling. What unfolded after the broadcast—away from the studio lights and beyond the rehearsed cadence of public discourse—was, by all measures, more consequential and more disturbing. Immediately following …

U. S. President Donald Trump is curious about why Iran has not yet agreed to reduce its nuclear program, despite increasing military pressure from the U. S. Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, mentioned this during an interview, expressing that Trump is not frustrated but is interested in Iran’s …