May 31, 2026
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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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When Sovereignty Sinks: The ‘Eureka’ and the Manufactured Chaos in Yemen’s Waters

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 […]

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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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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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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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When Fear Becomes Strategy: How Iran and Its Proxies Rewrote Deterrence in the Middle East

By Amb. Dr. Mohamed Qubaty For more than a decade, the Middle East has lived under a paradox that is rarely acknowledged explicitly: the more the international community fears escalation, the longer destabilizing actors survive. What was once presented as prudence and restraint has gradually evolved into a strategic pattern of hesitation, in which avoiding […]

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From Frozen Front to Strategic Flashpoint: Hodeidah and the End of UNMHA

By Amb. Dr. Mohamed Qubaty The Security Council’s move reflects a broader realization: partial conflict management has failed, and the Red Sea crisis is forcing a recalibration of Yemen strategy. The Failure of the Freeze The UN Security Council’s move to terminate the UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA) is being framed in […]

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Statecraft and Faultlines 4: Imperial Wars, Attrition, and the Limits of Power

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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Managing Escalation by Losing It: One Year On from America’s Yemen Mistake

By Amb. Dr. Mohamed Qubaty How restraint without Yemeni leverage turned crisis management into a doctrine of permanent escalation. One year after early warnings that U.S. restraint in Yemen was backfiring, the Red Sea crisis has become less an emergency than a condition—managed, mitigated, and endlessly postponed, but never resolved. What was once treated as […]

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