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The Paper Tiger Complex: Why America Can No Longer Build for War
The limits of American power are no longer abstract. They are visible in depleted inventories, delayed production, and exposed bases.
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America Is Not Just Losing Power. It Is Losing Purpose.
America’s deepest crisis is not inflation, polarization or debt. It is that the country no longer knows what it is without empire.
Aug 4
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July 2026
How Ukraine and Iran Are Becoming One Conflict
The wars in Ukraine and Iran were once treated as separate crises. Increasingly, they look like two fronts in a single, expanding conflict.
Jul 29
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Britain Has Entered the War. Cyprus May Pay the Price
Iran has warned that Britain is now part of the war. If that warning is acted on, Cyprus is the obvious place to watch.
Jul 26
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The U.S. Built Its Power Around Bases. Iran Is Turning Them Into Traps
The United States still speaks as if it dominates the Middle East. On the ground, its bases are becoming liabilities and its strategy is starting to…
Jul 22
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The Gulf Monarchies Are Running Out of Time
The Gulf states face a stark choice: restrain the United States now, or watch their own infrastructure burn.
Jul 20
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The Butcher’s Bill Will Come Due
There will be a reckoning for those who justified the unjustifiable. The only question is when.
Jul 12
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Why So Many Westerners See Russia as Evil by Default
For many in the West, Russia is no longer a country to be understood but a permanent symbol of evil. That shift has consequences far beyond Ukraine.
Jul 7
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June 2026
Iran Doesn’t Need a Nuclear Bomb. It Already Has Something Better.
While Washington and Jerusalem cling to illusions of dominance, Tehran has quietly turned the world's most vital waterway into its ultimate weapon.
Jun 28
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The Day the "Special Relationship" Cracked: Why Trump and Vance are Finally Turning on Israel
This is the moment the “special relationship” stopped looking special and started looking dangerous.
Jun 21
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The Great Decoupling: Are We Watching the Beginning of a US-Israel Split?
A reported Iran agreement has exposed a possibility long dismissed in Washington: that the United States and Israel may no longer want the same war.
Jun 17
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The End of the Moral Alibi
States do not wage war with force alone. They wage it with stories, and some stories collapse under the weight of what the world can see.
Jun 14
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