Political stalemate has left Iraq’s Kurdistan Region exposed. Without a government, Iraq’s Kurdistan remains at the mercy of regional conflict and disunity.
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Analyzing the Trump Iran Blockade: A maritime strategy testing if superior US might can inevitably break the Islamic Republic through economic strangulation.
Low-cost autonomous swarms and AI-driven targeting are neutralizing expensive conventional platforms, forcing a strategic shift toward mass-produced, networked precision weaponry.
US blockade pressures Iran’s oil exports, but Tehran’s endurance and Hormuz counter-threats turn the crisis into a mutual attrition contest.
UAE quits OPEC over Saudi rivalry and Iran war. Cartel’s long-term viability now at risk. Moscow should be worried.
Pariah Pakistan is now the US-Iran peace broker. How? Collapsed US-India ties and Trump’s transactional diplomacy.
Iran’s wartime leadership is a facade. Three IRGC commanders, not the president or parliament speaker, hold the real power and reject US concessions.
A replication of the Iraq intelligence failure—using native informers and think tanks—led Washington and Tel Aviv to fatally misread Iran’s internal dynamics.
Iran’s speedboat swarms aim to exhaust the US Navy. AI drones and unmanned task forces are the American answer.
Merz backed the Iran war until it backfired. Now Europe is humiliated—and no one misses its mediation.