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The broadest multilateral alignment of the Iran conflict includes NATO allies, Gulf states, and Pacific partners. The commitment is easy. The execution will be hard.
March 21, 2026 · 5 min read
Netanyahu confirmed that Israel 'acted alone' in striking the world's largest natural gas reserves. Trump asked Israel to stop. For now, it has.
March 20, 2026 · 4 min read
The world's largest LNG exporter has suspended shipments. Europe and Asia, still recovering from the last energy crisis, face another one.
March 16, 2026 · 4 min read
Brasilia sees a narrow window to lock in the long-delayed agreement before a potential shift in French politics closes it permanently.
March 10, 2026 · 3 min read
NATO's new 5 percent GDP spending target, Germany's procurement overhaul, and a continent forced to confront the possibility that America has other priorities.
March 10, 2026 · 4 min read
The Assembly of Experts chose Mojtaba Khamenei unanimously, under IRGC pressure, during a war. The theocratic republic is becoming a dynastic autocracy.
March 9, 2026 · 4 min read
The March 31 summit was supposed to be about trade. Now it is about leverage, and China has more of it than it did a month ago.
March 9, 2026 · 4 min read
Moscow did not start the Iran war. But it is the conflict's biggest strategic beneficiary, and Western attention is exactly where Putin wants it.
March 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Nearly 900 strikes in the first twelve hours targeted nuclear facilities, missile sites, and command centers. Supreme Leader Khamenei is reported killed. The Middle East has entered a new era.
March 1, 2026 · 4 min read
New Delhi's refusal to cooperate on extradition requests has frozen diplomatic ties and is testing the limits of the Five Eyes intelligence-sharing framework.
February 28, 2026 · 3 min read
Berlin's new defense budget marks a historic shift in European security and a long-overdue response to American pressure on NATO burden-sharing.
February 26, 2026 · 2 min read
The agreement deepens Tokyo's security footprint in Southeast Asia and signals a more assertive Japanese posture in the South China Sea.
February 24, 2026 · 2 min read