Belgium the Docile - Act II: Liège's Blind Spot
The Venezuela Model and Its Iranian Misapplication
The Shattered Chessboard
Taliban Slavery and the West’s Suicidal Empathy with Jolani
Europe Always Arrives Too Late
A War Europe Pretended Not to See
How Rojava became Europe’s unofficial prison Syrian government forces, moving under Turkish pressure and amid de facto coordination on the ground, have attacked Kurdish-led SDF positions […]
The Reactor and the Algorithm
How America and Israel Are Building the Infrastructure of the Future In December 1960, when American U-2 surveillance planes first photographed the construction site in the […]
Somaliland, Israel, and the Abraham Accords
Converting De Facto Statehood into Durable Regional Architecture in the Horn of Africa If Somaliland formally joins the Abraham Accords, the Horn of Africa will not […]
The Jihadist State Template: From Mali to Syria—and Why Rojava Must Survive
International Complicity in the Co-Production of Jihadist Sovereignty This article discusses the emergence of a novel political formation: the Terrorist State model. Moving beyond conventional framings […]
Iran’s Paradox of Weakness and Persistence
In January 2026, Iran sits at a historical inflection point. The Islamic Republic is confronting its most sustained nationwide unrest in years at the same time […]
Silence as a Weapon: Iran’s Blackout Meets Starlink
On 8 January 2026, Iran did not merely restrict speech; it attempted to reassert sovereignty by severing the infrastructure through which society coordinates and the world […]
Post-Maduro Venezuela and the Politics of Vulnerability
Why Minority Protection Will Reveal the Transition’s True Direction The removal of an autocrat is often mistaken for the removal of an authoritarian system. This error […]
Jin, Jiyan, Azadî
How Kurdish Women Lit the Fire That Will Consume the Islamic Republic “For me, women’s freedom is more valuable than the freedom of land and culture. […]
