US President Donald Trump threatened Iran with yet another attack, contradicting statements he made yesterday about “holding off” an allegedly planned offensive at the request of multiple Gulf states. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump claimed he was only an hour away from authorizing an attack …

Had Elis The question is uncomfortable, but increasingly asked in certain political and analytical circles: did the Syrian civil war inadvertently—or deliberately—reshape the demographic landscape of Western countries? At first glance, the idea may seem conspiratorial. Yet beneath it lies a set of legitimate concerns about migration patterns, …

Iran has publicly outlined key elements of its latest peace proposal to the United States, demanding reparations for war damage, the withdrawal of United States forces from areas near Iran, and the lifting of economic sanctions as part of any broader agreement. According to comments from Iranian Deputy …

The recent H200 chip export authorisation marks a new form of power signalling in the technopolitics sphere. Advanced AI chips are the newest weapons in the US-China great power rivalry, playing out in the battlefield of technological advancement and control. In the case of AI chips, state behavior …

For years the Arctic was viewed as a geopolitical periphery which is remote, inaccessible and strategically and marginally strategic to regions such as the Persian Gulf or the Indo-Pacific. But in 2026, that perception is rapidly changing. As Europe grapples with another energy crisis, LNG markets remain volatile …

Yannis Bassias The global system no longer snaps back after crises, it drifts, it thickens, it carries its shocks forward. The world behaves less like a market and more like a material under pressure, a structure that remembers every hit. Elasticity fades, anelasticity takes over, recovery becomes partial, …

The ongoing conflict involving Iran and disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz are placing growing strain on the global oil trading system, which has long been dominated by the United States dollar. The Strait of Hormuz is one of the world’s most important energy corridors, with a significant …

In the Gulf, the most important signals are increasingly the ones no actor fully confirms. For decades, Gulf security rested on a relatively clear deterrence model: the United States would protect the flow of energy; Iran would threaten disruption but usually avoid full closure of the Strait of …

Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay an official visit to China on May 19-20 at the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping after US President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing, the Kremlin announced Saturday. According to a Kremlin statement, Putin and Xi will discuss bilateral relations, ways …