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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was reportedly killed in U. S. and Israeli strikes, which could threaten the clerical rule in Iran. The structure of Iran’s ruling system and its ideological support base complicate predictions about the future. The text discusses potential successors to Khamenei, the stability …

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. …

A U.S. Navy sailor signals for the launch of an F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 213, from the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, while operating in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location February 28, …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The shockwave generated by the interview conducted by Tucker Carlson did not end when the cameras stopped rolling. What unfolded after the broadcast—away from the studio lights and beyond the rehearsed cadence of public discourse—was, by all measures, more consequential and more disturbing. Immediately following …

U. S. President Donald Trump is curious about why Iran has not yet agreed to reduce its nuclear program, despite increasing military pressure from the U. S. Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, mentioned this during an interview, expressing that Trump is not frustrated but is interested in Iran’s …

Cory Smith In an era marked by systemic turbulence, the most valuable strategic asset is no longer mere military might or economic heft—it is reliability. Across the globe, conflicts proliferate, geopolitical rivalries intensify, and international institutions are increasingly immobilized by gridlock, polarization, and eroding public trust. In such …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh In the annals of American engagement in the Middle East, few partnerships have assumed as profound a strategic significance as that between Washington and Amman today. The trajectory of US-Jordanian relations, culminating over the past year, reflects not mere transactional diplomacy but a deliberate convergence …

Alon Ben-Meir Back in the 1950s, the United States, even a whisper of sympathy for Russia or the Soviet Union was unthinkable and seen as almost traitorous. The eventual rise of McCarthyism was all about rooting out what were presumed to be “un-American activities”, i.e., anything that could …