Geostrategic Media Political Commentary, Analysis, Security, Defense
American interests are advanced by connecting the world’s free and open spaces through enhancing connectivity, buoying regional aspirations for peace and prosperity, and denying operational space to revisionist actors. Globalization—characterized by chasing the lowest costs of production, including in rival countries’ territory—is at an end. Yet, this does …
July, 2025
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8 July
From Surveillance to Supremacy: Drones in Contemporary Conflicts
The nature of warfare has undergone a profound transformation in recent decades, with drone technology emerging as a pivotal force in reshaping military strategies and tactics. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have evolved from niche tools for surveillance to versatile instruments for precision strikes, psychological …
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8 July
The Paradox of Energy Networks: Stability and Risk
The phenomenon of negative electricity prices has become a reality across Europe, and with the rapid expansion of solar installations lacking sufficient storage capacity, this phenomenon is emerging everywhere. In early May, European energy prices saw a significant decline due to low demand and increased solar power generation. …
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8 July
BRICS Summit in Rio Raises New Questions About the Bloc’s Future
Popularly referred to as BRICS, the informal group of emerging-market economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), meeting in Rio de Janeiro, has outlined a new unprecedented multitude of goals to challenge the unipolar system. In the context of rising uncertainty, BRICS has further set up new …
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8 July
Xi Jinping Skips BRICS: A Silent Rebuke of a Fractured Bloc?
For the first time since BRICS was established in 2009, Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the annual summit. His absence from the July 2025 gathering in Rio de Janeiro—a meeting that features a dramatically expanded bloc and arrives at a moment of geopolitical flux—suggests that it …
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8 July
Incoming Danish presidency faces multiple challenges
MEPs will debate the start of the latest EU presidency, now held by Denmark. They will discuss Denmark’s agenda for its six-month Council Presidency, which started on 1 July, with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. The debate will take place later this week in Strasbourg where MEPs are meeting …
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8 July
From Gaza to Tehran, A World Unbound: Collapse of The Rules Based International Order
Mariam Nadeem Since the October 7 Hamas attack, Israel has unleashed a level of devastation on Gaza that goes far beyond any claim of targeted retaliation. Entire neighborhoods have been flattened, hospitals reduced to rubble, schools turned to graves, and refugee camps bombed with no regard for the …
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8 July
The Human Cost of Israel’s Cross-Border Operations
However, over the last 20 months, the size and scope of Israeli military campaigns have gone beyond the frontiers of Gaza and the occupied West Bank to venture into some other nations in the Middle East. The government of Israel has engaged in assaults in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, …
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3 July
Netanyahu in Washington: Between Closing Gaza and Opening the Gates of Regional Hell
Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh On July 7, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington—not as a routine diplomatic guest, but as a key player in a volatile geopolitical theater on the verge of eruption. Analysts have dubbed it a “war visit”—one that could pave the way for a …
