Military & Security

The battle for Venezuela’s oil is no longer a narrow tug‑of‑war among competing commercial interests. It has become a central theatre of strategic competition between Washington and Beijing — one that could reshape global energy markets and the geopolitical balance of the 21st century. At the heart of …

U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to meet with his Danish and Greenlandic counterparts amid ongoing tensions regarding Greenland’s independence aspirations. Greenland has been moving toward independence since 1979, which has become more apparent following President Donald Trump’s provocative comments about potentially seizing the territory. …

PROF. LOUIS RENÉ BERES “Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” -Soren Kierkegaard Roman god Janus is depicted looking in two directions at once.  So, too, should Americans position themselves for better understanding the unique challenges of world politics.  Among other things, this …

Daniah Orkoubi   From Adam Smith, the pioneer of the classical school, and his concept of the invisible hand that regulates markets, to Milton Friedman, the theorist of the neo-capitalist school, the state’s role has traditionally been limited to that of an economic regulator. Governments’ job was to …

Lisdey Espinoza Pedraza Long before Nicolás Maduro was captured on January 3, 2026, the United States had been laying the rhetorical and strategic groundwork for escalation. Under Donald Trump’s second presidency, Venezuela was increasingly framed as a security threat rather than a diplomatic challenge. Public warnings intensified, sanctions …

For years, the United Arab Emirates was portrayed as the region’s master of “quiet diplomacy”—a state that preferred economic leverage, discreet mediation, and influence exercised behind closed doors. That image no longer holds. The open military confrontation with Saudi Arabia in Yemen marks a decisive rupture with the …

The quiet meeting in Islamabad between the air force chiefs of Pakistan and Bangladesh may prove to be anything but routine. Beneath the formal language of defence cooperation and aircraft sales lies a potentially significant realignment in South Asia’s military and political landscape. At the center of the …

Scott Caldwell Gijs Tuinman, the Netherlands’ State Secretary of Defence, recently challenged industry leaders to propose a domestic deep precision strike (DPS) cruise missile with a range of over 1,000 km to rival the American Tomahawk, arguing, ‘Long-range deterrence can no longer be outsourced.’ This move is unexpected …

Hosein Mortada Amid the relentless wars and upheavals shaking the Middle East, a pressing question resurfaces: are today’s conflicts—particularly in Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen—the product of isolated local struggles, or are they fragments of a broader landscape shaped by complex international calculations? In this context, Michael Brant’s …