SITREP: West Asia’s Cascading Conflict System & the Impact on Africa
The central analytical judgement is that West Asia is no longer balancing on the edge of an Iran–Israel war; it…
Russia Moves Into the Gulf Endgame as Iran Shapes the Post-War Settlement
Russia has moved more openly into the diplomatic centre of the Iran crisis, after President Vladimir Putin met Iranian Foreign…
The Persian Gulf War Explained: Israel First and the Fracturing of Trumpism
How Max Blumenthal argues that the Iran war exposed foreign influence, donor power and a civil war inside MAGA If…
Persian Gulf War & the Ceasefire Illusion: West Asia Still on the Brink
West Asia is once again trapped in that most unstable of conditions: neither peace nor war. A ceasefire may still…
New Axis of Power: How Russia and China Changed the Rules for Washington
Veteran journalist and geopolitical analyst Pepe Escobar says the U.S.–Iran standoff has reached “the razor’s edge,” with a fateful decision…