The Lee Administration's recent consideration of deploying Korean forces to the Strait of Hormuz has sparked backlash from civil society and even among Lee's supporters. As public opposition grows, questions arise about
The finest military modern thinker, Maj Gen. J.F.C. Fuller, stated that the true object of war is not victory but the peace that follows the conflict. By that standard, the Trump-Netanyahu war
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The glaring differences between the United States and Iran notwithstanding, the talks beginning in Islamabad tomorrow have a fairly good chance of being a success. There is too much at stake, and
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Donald Trump has declared the start of a new “golden age” in the Middle East after announcing a ceasefire with Iran. The war, at least for now, has been paused. And while predictions are
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Editorial The language of peace, when deployed by states long entangled in cycles of militarisation and geopolitical opportunism, often invites not admiration but scrutiny. Pakistan’s latest overtures towards peace, accompanied by the
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The Middle East stood on the edge of a much bigger disaster earlier this week. On the night of April 8, 2026, US President Donald Trump suddenly announced a two-week ceasefire with
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The United States has agreed with Iran to cease hostilities for two weeks. The illegal US and Israeli imposed war has not ended but has a break, although not in Lebanon which
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U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed with advisers the possibility of removing some American troops from Europe, frustrated by NATO allies’ perceived inaction in securing the Strait of Hormuz and the stalled
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President Trump’s announcement of “total victory” in Iran has stirred unease among senior aides and close allies, who warn that the cease-fire remains precarious and Tehran retains significant military capabilities. According to
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In a dramatic rescue mission last week, a U.S. weapons systems officer, publicly known as ‘Dude 44 Bravo,’ survived two days in southern Iran after his F-15 jet was shot down. According
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Despite predictions of its collapse, the Islamic Republic of Iran has withstood one of the most intense assaults in its recent history. Even after losing its supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and
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Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, has issued a stark warning that Israel is actively seeking to derail any prospects for peace between the United States and
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US crude exports are projected to reach record levels in April as the ongoing war with Iran disrupts Middle Eastern oil supplies, prompting Asian buyers to turn to American sources, the Financial
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by Durga Jeffrey Sonnenfeld’s Trump’s Ten Commandments arrives with the air of a field manual masquerading as analysis, a taxonomy of power distilled into ten stark “rules” that purport to decode Donald
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It is highly unlikely, unfortunately, that the ceasefire agreement brokered by Pakistan will endure. This is due to two principal impediments. First, Israel is adamantly opposed to a cessation of the bombing
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In 1958 Senator John F. Kennedy, getting ready for his upcoming presidential campaign, said the United States faced a serious and dangerous missile gap. The Senator, later President, said: “The Soviet Union
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