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American and Chinese Lessons from Iran

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- Middle East -
19 June 2025

The regime is falling apart, and this could trigger tidal changes not only in the region but globally. America and China could be the first to take notice. After a week of “long-distance” fighting, Iran is crumbling. Russia, overstretched in Ukraine, can’t offer help. China, after failures in Ukraine and Gaza—where it believed Moscow and […]

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Truth of Propaganda and Hamas

/ Director
- Middle East -
16 June 2025

Hamas is winning the war of ideas and undermining Western values by distorting reality about “genocide”. Truth is crucial in politics and war. It is not like selling Coca-Cola or Pepsi. In a moment of huge tensions and immense uncertainties, dropping this foundation can lead to losing wars. Whatever the military outcome of the ongoing […]

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Iran’s Route to Perdition

/ Director
- Articles -
14 June 2025

Hamas had a very effective three-pronged strategy against Israel, but it lacked support from Muslim states. Now, the attack on Iran shifts the entire calculation. The Israeli-Iranian war is in full swing, and it threatens to spread even further. It may be the right time to look at some of its roots. Hamas’s offensive plan […]

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Israel against Iran – Peace or More War

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- Middle East -
13 June 2025

Israel attacked Iran to stop the salami tactics. Now Tehran and Moscow will choose to raise the stakes or to bargain. The uncertainty about China. Israel attacked Tehran’s Ayatollahs to stop the salami tactics of an unwinnable proxy war with Hamas in Gaza, Lebanon’s Hezbollah, and the Yemenite Houthis, while Iran was completing its nuclear […]

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Trump’s Example to China

/ Director
- China -
11 June 2025

The lesson from the US crackdown on protests could be different in Beijing—suppressing uprisings without suppressing opposition would be a theological turn, akin to that with the Vatican. The Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post reported that: “Chinese state media have sought to portray the escalating Los Angeles protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies […]

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Ideal of a Deal

/ Director
- China -
5 June 2025

Trump and Xi talked about trade, but a Chinese malaise haunts America and stalls bilateral ties. To break the stalemate, Beijing should perhaps address the issue of democracy. It’s not ideal, and it’s not a deal, but at least after scores of tweets, statements, and public wailings, a call broke the months-long standoff. US President […]

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Trump’s Taoist Solution

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- America -
4 June 2025

The situation is explosive, but Trump has a way out—do nothing, wu wei. It’s easier than pushing for something that grows harder by the day. An unstable mix of long- and short-term pulls is stoking tensions and bringing everyone closer to an unpredictable blast. Short-term US hesitation and zig-zags put many countries close to the […]

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