Iran’s regime is turning on its own clergy, lambasting them for luxury, lost connection, and dependence on state funds.
Browsing: Power
Trump’s foreign policy revives a historical pattern: the U.S., like Rome, once a liberator, now imposes direct control.
U.S. foreign policy has shifted from rules to raw power—coercion, conditional alliances, and strategic intimidation—testing global order.
Dick Cheney, architect of the Iraq War, helped destroy American faith in leadership and expanded executive power for perpetual conflict.
The U.S. military is unprepared for a near-peer war, with critical shortages in manpower, material, and money.
Across the Middle East, historic bazaars are parallel political structures where merchant autonomy converts into enduring political leverage.
Turkey’s regional ambitions outpace its economic strength and institutional capacity, leaving Erdogan’s neo-Ottoman vision fragile and contested.
Turkey’s military rise has isolated it and strained its economy, leaving it powerful abroad but fragile, overburdened, and trapped at home.
Saif al-Islam’s survival was a tactical asset in Libya’s fractured power game; his death reflects its disposable logic.