Geostrategic Media Political Commentary, Analysis, Security, Defense
Dimitra Staikou Since 2022, the energy relationship between India and Russia has quietly become one of the most consequential adaptations to the West’s sanctions on Moscow. What began as an opportunistic trade in discounted crude has evolved into a durable restructuring of global energy flows—one that exposes a …
December, 2025
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22 December
The Arab Spring’s Painful Lessons
Alexander Langlois Fifteen years after the Middle East’s largest pro-democracy movement, the West still has not learned that supporting autocracy is no longer sustainable. The Arab Spring carries multiple meanings for the many millions of people across the Middle East and North Africa, let alone the world. The …
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22 December
China’s Chip War Strategy Is Fixed. Here’s Why America’s Should Be, Too
Jianli Yang China’s chip strategy is focused on self-reliance. The United States should reconsider its decision to allow Nvidia to export H200 chips and instead enact a total export ban. US President Donald Trump’s recent announcement to permit Nvidia to export its high-end H200 chips to China has triggered another …
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22 December
The Arab Spring 15 Years Later
Seth J. Frantzman The pro-democracy movement marked the death knell of Arab nationalism and unintentionally quickened a shift of regional power toward the Gulf States. In early December, Tunisian authorities arrested a well-known opposition activist. Human Rights Watch noted that Ayachi Hammami, “a lawyer and rights defender, was …
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22 December
Why the Gulf States Stay Loyal to the US
Omar Abdelrahman Washington does not seem to realize that it holds more leverage over the wealthy petro-monarchies of the Persian Gulf than vice versa. It should use it. On September 9, 2025, 15 Israeli fighter jets fired 10 missiles at a building in Doha, Qatar that housed members …
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22 December
Watt’s Happening: Will Green Steel Production Return to Middle America?
Toni Mikec Watt’s Happening aims to provide breaking news, sharp analysis, and thoughtful commentary from the cutting edge of the energy sector as this dynamic area of the world continues to expand and grow before our eyes. Green Steel Production Returns to Middle America? A major part of …
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13 December
How Key Events Reshaped the International System (1991–2026)
Tony Blur The contemporary international system did not emerge overnight. It was forged through a sequence of decisive political, economic, military, and technological shocks that gradually dismantled the post–Cold War order and replaced it with a far more fragmented and contested global landscape. From the collapse of the …
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13 December
Eurasia’s Search for a New Security Order
Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The debate over a new security architecture for Eurasia is not an academic exercise—it is a direct response to a world in which the old guarantees of stability no longer hold. From Eastern Europe to East Asia, the assumptions that once underpinned regional order have …
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13 December
Netanyahu on Trial: When Personal Survival Collides with the State
By any democratic standard, it is extraordinary for a sitting prime minister to take the witness stand in a criminal corruption trial while continuing to govern a country at war. Yet this is precisely where Israel finds itself as Benjamin Netanyahu testifies for the first time in a …
