July 18, 2026
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From Hormuz to the Pacific: Why Japan and South Korea Are Moving Closer

By Gilles Touboul The rapprochement between Japan and South Korea is often explained by the same words: China, North Korea, Russia, Taiwan, missiles, technology, and American pressure. All of this is true. Tokyo and Seoul are not suddenly becoming close friends. They are becoming strategic partners because the world around them is becoming more dangerous. […]

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Statecraft and Faultlines 20: MAGA Movement, Trump, and Iran War

By Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman  How does Irina Tsukerman explain the rise of confirmation bias and denial within the MAGA movement in relation to Trump, Russia, and the Iran war? Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in […]

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Statecraft and Faultlines 15: U.S. Alliances, China, and Middle East Power Shifts

by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman How do U.S. foreign policy shifts and leadership dynamics affect NATO cohesion, Middle Eastern alliances, and China’s strategic positioning? Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle […]

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Statecraft and Faultlines 14: Intelligence Failures, Deterrence, and Strategic Planning in an Interdependent World

by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman How does Irina Tsukerman explain intelligence failures, deterrence, and the need for multilateral strategic planning in today’s interconnected security environment?  Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and […]

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Statecraft and Faultlines 13: Strategic Overconfidence, Iran, Ukraine, and AI

by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman How do strategic overconfidence, shifting war aims, and artificial intelligence reshape the risks of quagmire in Iran and Ukraine? Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle […]

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The World’s Most Dangerous Bottlenecks Aren’t Failing — They’re Frozen

By Amb. Prof. Mohamed A. Qubaty When geography becomes leverage, the narrowest waterways carry the greatest strategic weight. The Middle East isn’t stabilizing. It’s stalling. What we are witnessing is not a transition toward resolution, but a prolonged state of strategic limbo — a condition where conflicts are neither escalating into full-scale war nor resolving […]

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Statecraft and Faultlines 12: AI Warfare, Civilian Harm, and International Humanitarian Law

by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman Irina Tsukerman is a human rights and national security attorney based in New York and Connecticut. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in National and Intercultural Studies and Middle East Studies from Fordham University in 2006, followed by a Juris Doctor from Fordham University School of Law in […]

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Milan’s Liberation Day fiasco: the police remove the Jews from parade to avoid repelling the pro-Palestinian far-left extremists

by Giovanni Giacalone The April 25 Liberation Day celebrations in Milan had an embarrassing outcome for local authorities as Jews were removed from the procession after a paralysis lasting over two hours as the group was blocked by hundreds of far-left, pro-Palestinian and pro-Iranian regime demonstrators carrying Palestinian, Hezbollah and Iranian flags and yelling anti-Semitic […]

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Meloni moves closer to the Sanchez line in search for pro-Palestinian votes

by Giovanni Giacalone On April 14, Yom HaShoah, in an unfortunate coincidence of timing, the Meloni government announced the suspension of the automatic renewal of its defense agreement with Israel, as reported by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on the sidelines of Vinitaly in Verona. The ANSA news agency also reported that Defense Minister Guido […]

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From the Complexities of Hormuz to the Chokepoint of the Red Sea: The Gulf’s New Lung to Breathe the Breeze of the Arabian Sea

by Mohammed Salem Mujawar An Analysis of Recent Developments in the Yemeni Conflict and Its Options in Light of the Islamabad Negotiations Executive Summary Six weeks after the violent escalation that began with a U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran (February 28, 2026), the War of the Corridors is no longer a passing crisis remote from our […]

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