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Hormuz, Bab al-Mandab and the contest to reroute power between the Indian Ocean and Europe

July 9, 2026

How the Islamic Republic of Iran is preserving sovereign choice during wars

July 8, 2026

The Aras Order: Azerbaijan, Israel and the Campaign to Bypass Iran in the South Caucasus

July 8, 2026

China’s submarine missile test and the struggle over Pacific security

July 8, 2026

Israel’s Drone Industrial Rebuild and the Contest for the Low-Cost Battlefield

Israel built its drone power around long-endurance aircraft, advanced sensors and precision weapons. The wars since 2023 exposed a different requirement: thousands of cheap, replaceable drones for reconnaissance, attack and interception. The resulting industrial race is testing Israel’s ability to combine technological sophistication with mass production, secure supply chains and sustainable battlefield economics.

Israel’s Drone Industrial Rebuild and the Contest for the Low-Cost Battlefield

The Aras Order: Azerbaijan, Israel and the Campaign to Bypass Iran in the South Caucasus

China’s submarine missile test and the struggle over Pacific security

The Reorganization of American Military Power for an Age of Industrialized Warfare

Why Abu Dhabi Walked Away from OPEC and What It Means for the GCC

Security Without Command, Energy Without OPEC: China’s Strategy in the Persian Gulf

The Pentagon’s 300,000-Drone Competition Is an Experiment in Industrialized Attrition

The Pentagon’s plan to acquire roughly 300,000 small attack drones should be understood as an attempt to construct a new military production system...

June 30, 2026

Iran’s Theory of Survival and Ascent

Threshold Sovereignty offers an Iranian theory of power after the old order, arguing that Iran’s survival and ascent depend on converting pressure, geography,...

May 5, 2026

Why Abu Dhabi Walked Away from OPEC and What It Means for the GCC

Abu Dhabi’s exit from OPEC discipline signals the end of collective cartel management in the Persian Gulf. Divergent fiscal clocks between Saudi Arabia...

May 2, 2026

Security Without Command, Energy Without OPEC: China’s Strategy in the Persian Gulf

China is not trying to become the Persian Gulf’s next security patron. Instead, it offers a new model, which is security without command,...

May 1, 2026

Strait of Hormuz Crisis: Iran, Energy Security, and the Future of US-China Rivalry

The Strait of Hormuz crisis has become a test of global energy security, US credibility, China’s strategic positioning, and alliance cohesion in an...

April 25, 2026

The Price of Safe Transit

A ceasefire has frozen the US‑Israel‑Iran conflict but not restored free passage through the Strait of Hormuz. Iran now proposes a per‑vessel toll...

April 21, 2026

Forty-Eight Hours to Breakdown: The Narrow Path Between Ceasefire and Escalation in the U.S.–Iran Crisis

With the ceasefire hours from expiration, the real question is no longer whether tensions will rise, but whether Washington and Tehran can still...

April 20, 2026

The Military Anatomy of the Israel-United States war on Iran

An in-depth look at the weapons, airpower, missiles, drones, defense industries, materials, and strategic logic shaping the Israel-Iran war, with close attention to...

April 7, 2026

The Pacific’s Geoeconomic Exposure to the Persian Gulf Shock

The Pacific Island countries are not insulated from the war by distance. Their heavy dependence on imported fuel, limited storage, fragile shipping links,...

April 6, 2026

Strategic Non-Closure in the War on Iran

The unprecedented expenditure of Tomahawk missiles in the war imposed on Iran reveals more than the scale of coalition firepower. It exposes the...

by Amin Nouri

April 6, 2026