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The legitimacy of the United States’ hosting of the 2026 World Cup is offside
The United States, by obstructing the entry of the national football teams of Iran and South Africa on political grounds, has called into question the legitimacy of its own hosting role. On May 31, 2026, the charter flight carrying South Africa’s national football team never took off from Johannesburg. At…
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As Trump met Xi, China was already sailing under Iran’s rules
Just before Donald Trump sat down with Xi Jinping in Beijing, Iranian news outlets reported a significant development in the Strait of Hormuz: Chinese vessels had begun transiting the waterway under Iran’s newly enforced management protocol. This was not a routine passage. The ships were operating in full coordination with…
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Why Washington keeps hitting a wall with Iran
You know that old temptation in American foreign policy — the idea that if you’re strong enough, you can just force reality to go your way? Under Donald Trump, that belief has turned into the main playbook, especially with Iran. It’s not really a clever strategy anymore. It’s more like…
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The US attack on Iran is a wrecking ball aimed at its foundations
In Washington, the phrase “restoring deterrence” functions as a foreign policy reflex. The logic appears straightforward: strike Iran’s assets, degrade its proxies, and demonstrate that the United States remains the unassailable guarantor of regional order. It is a satisfying narrative. It is also a profound strategic blind spot. The military…
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No Kings, no exceptions: How Trump’s Iran war exposes the death of American democracy
On 28th February 2026, the United States went to war. No congressional debate. No public deliberation. No formal declaration. Just a midnight operation, with top lawmakers notified only minutes before the bombs fell, announcing that American aircraft were already striking Tehran. This is not how a republic wages war. This…
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Shadows of deception: False-flag risks in the Israel–Iran Conflict
The concept of a false flag operation, though often dismissed as the stuff of thrillers, is a recognised tactic in security studies and international relations. It occurs when an actor—usually a state, intelligence service, or military entity—carries out an attack but engineers circumstances to make it appear as though another…
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Why Israel cannot shape the architecture of the New Middle East
As the world undergoes sweeping geopolitical realignments, the Middle East, too, is transforming rapidly — but not in the way Israeli and American officials had imagined. Even if the fragile Gaza truce holds, the current convergence between Washington and Tel Aviv is unlikely to last. Israel believes it stands at…
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Under the flag of peace, the dream of a Greater Israel moves forward
The twenty-point plan introduced by Donald Trump in the fall of 2025, presented as a solution to end the Gaza war, outwardly attempts to establish a framework for peace and reconstruction in the Middle East. However, beneath its surface, this plan is less of a peace proposal and more a…
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Hiroshima II: How America’s aggressive policies are driving the world toward another nuclear catastrophe
Eighty years ago, on August 6 1945, the sky over Hiroshima lit up with the cataclysmic explosion of the atomic bomb Little Boy; a light that was not a sunrise of hope, but a shadow of death and destruction, reducing over 140,000 people to ashes in an instant. This tragedy…
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Israel in Gaza’s quagmire: Military failure, humanitarian catastrophe, global isolation
Gaza is now caught in a suffocating siege, and Israel’s military strategy, launched with the promise of eliminating Hamas, has not only failed in its stated goal, but has also triggered a humanitarian catastrophe that has shocked global conscience. Widespread famine, mass displacement, and deaths from malnutrition are only part…
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Israel’s threatening shadow over the region: From Gaza and Lebanon to Iran and Turkey
The Middle East, a relentless arena of power struggles, is once again witnessing the emergence of a new and perilous rivalry. While Iran has long been viewed as the epicenter of strategic threats to Israel, today Turkey, with its ambitious ascent toward regional leadership, has drawn Tel Aviv’s attention. Ankara’s…
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Checkmate in Tehran: The fall of Israeli and American strategy
The Middle East has in recent weeks witnessed one of its most intense military confrontations in decades: a full-scale war between Iran and Israel that has transformed regional dynamics in ways few could have predicted. This conflict, which was designed to weaken the Iran-led “Axis of Resistance” and consolidate Israel’s…
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Iran-Israel War: An economic storm for America and the world
As the war launched by Israel against Iran sets the Middle East ablaze, the global economy teeters on the brink of an unprecedented crisis. Israel’s strikes on Iran’s key infrastructure, and Tehran’s retaliatory responses, have shaken energy markets and sounded alarm bells for the economies of the US, Israel, and…
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Human rights according to Trump: From the South African myth to the Gaza catastrophe
In a world where humanitarian and political crises are spreading with unprecedented speed and intensity, human rights concepts have increasingly become political tools in the hands of global powers. Donald Trump, the current President of the United States, is a prime example of this political exploitation. On one hand, he…
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How humanitarian aid became a tool to empty Gaza
In the history of modern conflict, perhaps no narrative is as disturbing as the deliberate misuse of humanitarian aid to achieve geopolitical goals. Gaza—a territory battered by decades of war and blockade—now faces a new and insidious threat: a plan disguised as salvation for its starving population, but in reality,…
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The beginning of the end of unshakeable support: Why US public opinion is turning away from Israel
The US-Israel relationship is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Once the recipient of broad, near-unquestioned bipartisan support across American political lines, Israel now faces a rising wave of skepticism and criticism in US public opinion. According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in early 2025, 53 per cent of Americans…