Browsing: Geopolitics

The American Middle East has collapsed as failed U.S. guarantees expose Gulf states and weaken Washington’s regional position.

Tehran activated Hormuz without nuclear cover or missile depth; Gulf bypass pipelines and U.S. production now empty Iranian oil leverage.

States must abandon grand designs and adopt artisanal responses as fragmentation, contagion, and chokepoint weaponization dissolve the American Order.

Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey sign a joint defense pact, exposing the collapse of the US-Led Order in the region.

Lebanon’s Lebanon-Israel framework is not merely bad—it crosses from regrettable into intolerable, binding sovereignty to obligations the state cannot enforce.

Riyadh is pairing diplomatic restraint toward Iran with targeted military strikes against its proxies, raising the risk of wider war.

Syria’s post-Assad position is now reshaping Gulf, U.S., and regional strategies, making stability a central test of influence.

Arab states no longer need Israel recognition to secure US ties; Washington now increasingly weighs narrower interests first.

Egypt weighs strategic caution as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan test a new mutual defence pact without US dominance

Iraq’s omission from US-Iran talks reveals a quiet shift in how Tehran maintains influence inside Baghdad’s political system.