by Gilles Touboul For a long time, India’s multi-alignment was seen as a strength. New Delhi could buy weapons from Russia, talk to Washington, remain inside the BRICS with China and Russia, take part in the Quad with the United States, Japan and Australia, and still present itself as the voice of the Global South. […]
by Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman How do Scott Douglas Jacobsen and Irina Tsukerman analyze loyalty networks, institutional dysfunction, and shifting global influence? 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 […]
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 […]
by Scott Douglas Jacobsen How can wartime journalists balance personal safety, digital security, empathy, and rigorous reporting? Andrii Bystrov is a Ukrainian journalist, editor, and media manager formerly at Ukrainska Pravda. His career spans television, online media, newsroom editing, and media leadership. Drawn first to the speed and adrenaline of TV news, Bystrov later focused […]
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 […]
by Mohammed Salem Mujawar On May 2, 2026, as the region was in the midst of the height of the “war over energy corridors”—with the Strait of Hormuz nearly completely closed and threats returning to the Bab el-Mandeb Strait—the oil tanker “Eureka” was sailing in the Gulf of Aden when its automatic identification system […]
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 […]
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 […]
by Scott Douglas Jacobsen How does Anton Obozhyn assess Wikipedia’s political bias, paid promotional editing, and claims of neutrality in rival platforms like Grokopedia? Anton Obozhyn is a Kyiv-based Ukrainian programmer, Wikipedian, and Wikimedian. A computer-science graduate working in game development, he has edited Wikimedia projects since 2014 and joined Wikimedia Ukraine in 2017. He […]
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 […]