Maritime & Space Security

Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir, UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Bahraini Foreign Minister Khalid bin Ahmed al-Khalifa attend a press conference after their meeting that discussed the diplomatic situation with Qatar, in Cairo

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

May 2, 2026

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

May 1, 2026

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

April 25, 2026

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The Price of Safe Transit

April 21, 2026

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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, and resistance into strategic capacity.

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

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

The War Imposed on Iran as a Contest Between Operational Disintegration and Strategic Non Closure

Strait of Hormuz Legal Framework: Iran’s Rights and Revenue

Inside the Iran Crisis: Escalation, Survival, Spillover

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

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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

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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...

April 6, 2026

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The War Imposed on Iran as a Contest Between Operational Disintegration and Strategic Non Closure

Air superiority, deep strike, and systems attack have given the coalition operational dominance, but Iran’s buried missile architecture, theater-wide punishment strategy, maritime leverage,...

April 6, 2026

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Strait of Hormuz Legal Framework: Iran’s Rights and Revenue

The Strait of Hormuz legal framework sits at the heart of one of the most important debates in international maritime law. It balances...

March 20, 2026

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Inside the Iran Crisis: Escalation, Survival, Spillover

The Iran regional escalation is reshaping power balances across the Middle East and beyond. This in-depth analysis examines regime survival, proxy warfare, energy...

March 3, 2026

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Middle East Escalation Reshapes Energy Markets and Global Risk Pricing

Escalating conflict in the Gulf has reintroduced a structural risk premium into oil markets. With up to 20% of global crude flows exposed,...

March 2, 2026

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China’s Arctic Role in a Securitising Region

China is tempering its Arctic rhetoric, shifting from grand connectivity ambitions to climate-science messaging and selective partnership offers. But Nordic and EU governments...

February 24, 2026

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Europe’s Rearmament Problem

Europe is spending more on defence, but FCAS shows why money does not translate automatically into power. The project’s crisis is less about...

February 24, 2026

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Orbital Instability and the New Security Dilemma: Strategic Competition in a Crowded Space Environment

Rival powers are reshaping the space domain through rapid technological expansion, commercial entanglement and increasingly ambiguous military activity. As mistrust grows, even defensive...

December 7, 2025

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