To the EU Defense

Wars, challenges, and the US’s flamboyant rhetoric all push Europe to reconsider a joint security mechanism within NATO. Here is a possible path. The subject of European defense has undoubtedly always been — and has become even more so in the wake of recent events — one of the most complex and difficult topics to […]

Hormuz Without Experience

The Iraq-Iran war 40 years ago should have revealed the vulnerability of the Strait and Tehran’s determination. It’s pointless to shift the blame to NATO. Years ago, Western nations already faced the start of a crisis related to the transit of hydrocarbons from the Persian Gulf — vital to our economy — through the bottleneck […]

Exploded Sudans

It was the breadbasket of the continent and the world’s mining hub. But wars are tearing the territory apart, dividing it into four parts and spreading instability to the Mediterranean.  Until a few years ago, Sudan still held hope for a future of prosperity that a potential peace agreement might eventually bring about. It was […]

New ME Great Game

The uneasy peace in Gaza has started a race among four emerging powers in the region, all competing to replace Iran’s retreat. The ruthless conflict between Israel and Hamas is still fully active in Palestine. It’s so, despite the world’s long pretending to believe in a repeatedly proclaimed truce, which each party respected from the […]