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

July 8, 2026

Russia’s long-range campaign against Ukraine’s national systems

July 8, 2026

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

July 8, 2026

Iran’s Military Reconstitution and the Political Economy of Strategic Endurance

June 30, 2026

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

Hormuz and Bab al-Mandab now form a single strategic theatre. Iran, Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Egypt, Turkey and outside powers are competing over ports, pipelines, bases and transport corridors that could decide how energy, trade and military power move between Asia, Africa and Europe.

Russia’s long-range campaign against Ukraine’s national systems

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

Iran’s Military Reconstitution and the Political Economy of Strategic Endurance

Mossad and the Reconstitution of Israeli Grand Strategy

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

Europe’s New Infrastructure War Against Russia-Linked Cyber Threats

Mossad and the Reconstitution of Israeli Grand Strategy

Mossad’s transition under Roman Gofman reflects a wider transformation in Israeli grand strategy, in which intelligence, covert action, political warfare and technological dominance...

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

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

How Ukraine Rewrites the Economics of Combat Power in the New Revolution of Military Affairs

For three decades, Western militaries built exquisite platforms for high end war. Ukraine proved that assumption wrong. This analysis reveals how affordable drone...

April 25, 2026

Europe’s New Infrastructure War Against Russia-Linked Cyber Threats

Russia-linked cyberattacks are no longer just digital disruptions. They are becoming a direct test of Europe’s critical infrastructure, civil defense, and political resilience....

April 25, 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 Algorithmic Battlefield: How Artificial Intelligence Is Reshaping Modern Warfare Without Accountability

Artificial intelligence now drives targeting decisions in Ukraine, Gaza, and Iran, compressing kill chains from days to minutes. Yet no one is held...

April 22, 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

French Nuclear Deterrence and Europe’s New Strategic Order

France’s 2026 nuclear speech marks a more explicit European turn in its deterrence posture without abandoning sovereign control. The shift is strategically important...

April 20, 2026

France’s Delayed Rearmament

France’s 2026 update to the Military Programming Law improves the credibility of defense planning by funding capabilities that had long been under-resourced. Yet...

April 20, 2026