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Beneath the visible theater of warfare, a more consequential dynamic appears to be unfolding. It is one that suggests the United States may have misjudged not merely Iran’s capabilities but the nature of the war itself. The assumption was that a few days into the war, especially after …

Iran has indicated that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, will be his successor. This announcement comes after Israel’s military actions in Tehran, where they targeted fuel depots, and following an Iranian attack that reportedly damaged a desalination plant in Bahrain. Ayatollah Hosseinali Eshkevari …

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 …

Lexy Reid With conflict spreading across the region and the death toll surpassing 1,000, America and Israel’s war on Iran shows no signs of slowing. Rather, the situation is rapidly escalating and poses serious geopolitical threats – from NATO retaliation to mass displacement, there is no end in …

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 …

Samantha Fox For years, the idea of an economic “divorce” between United States and China has migrated from academic debate to official policy talk. What once sounded implausible is now openly discussed in Washington, especially after the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, and rising tensions over Taiwan. Yet …

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 …

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. …