What if America's greatest strength is knowing when to combine military power with diplomacy? For generations, the Middle East has challenged world leaders with one fundamental question:How do you protect peace without encouraging aggression, and how do you demonstrate strength without allowing conflict to grow beyond its original purpose?Recent events … [Read more...] about Can America Prevent a Wider Middle East War?
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Trump, Putin, Xi and Modi: The Geography of Power
What if the next global war has already been drawn on a map?Every generation believes it is facing a new world.New technologies emerge. New alliances form. New leaders promise a different future. Newspapers announce turning points almost every day.Yet beneath those headlines, the map changes very slowly.Mountains remain where they have always stood. Rivers … [Read more...] about Trump, Putin, Xi and Modi: The Geography of Power
The Hidden Logic of Iran–Israel Escalation
What if the real story is not the latest strike, but the system behind it? Introduction by John Mearsheimer People often talk about the Iran–Israel confrontation as though it were a sudden emergency, a sharp break produced by a single strike, a single leader, or a single outrage. That way of seeing the conflict is tempting, but it is shallow. What … [Read more...] about The Hidden Logic of Iran–Israel Escalation