The war in Iran has just entered its second month. Supreme leader Ali Khamenei is dead, global fuel trade has stalled and the United States’ relationship with its allies is at a low. In this …
The widening Iran war is not just another Middle Eastern crisis. For Pakistan, it represents a strategic shock with immediate economic, security and political consequences. Situated at the crossroads of the Middle East and South …
Saturday night, a missile struck the United States 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, a base where I served in 2023. That strike is a reminder of how much the strategic landscape has hardened in recent …
When Israel launched a surprise strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in June, US forces were quickly drawn into a regional war. The United States had not started the conflict, but under pressure from Israel and …
US foreign policy no longer pursues strategic influence through ideological alignment but through advanced technological primacy and infrastructural reach. When US President Donald Trump returned to the Middle East earlier this month, he did not …




