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“The Pipeline Will Solve Everything”: Turkey Loses Revenue but Refuses to Give Up Ground in Iraq

In late July 2026, the information space was once again rocked by a publication from security expert Murat Usal, who drew attention to the rapidly escalating covert confrontation between Ankara and Baghdad. Previously, the main stumbling block in bilateral relations had been the $1.5 billion compensation lawsuit over oil shipments …

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America’s Long Arc of Military Failures

To “secure its national interests”, America went to war multiple times over the past several decades, yet all of the wars ended in stunning failures with wide ranging implications for the countries involved. It is said that national interests triumph over every other consideration in the realm of foreign policy. …

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Shoring Up The Red Sea: Why The Next Crisis May Start In The Horn Of Africa – Analysis

Key Takeaways: Houthi attacks and growing instability in the Horn of Africa—particularly the merging of Sudan’s civil war with Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions and Somalia’s internal disputes—are creating new threats to Red Sea navigation and energy flows through Bab el-Mandeb.Competing Middle Eastern powers (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Turkey, and Israel) are fueling …

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L’été où la paix a pris fin

L’Iran et la Russie ont pris conscience qu’il ne peut y avoir de paix avec l’Occident. Par conséquent, les conflits se régleront sur le champ de bataille et s’étireront sur une longue période. L’ordre juridique international est mort, la paix mondiale est morte : c’est la guerre. La guerre mondiale. …

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