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Why Trump’s Israel Normalization Demand May Kill the Saudi Nuclear Deal
The trilateral negotiation involving the United States, Saudi Arabia, and Israel represents a classic realist alignment of state interests aimed…
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The Pacific Flank: Chancay Megaport, the Essequibo Threshold, and China’s Strategic Ingress into South America
In classical geopolitical doctrine, the Western Hemisphere was historically guarded under the principles of the Monroe Doctrine as a secure…
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The Insurance Trigger: Sovereign Guarantees and Commercial Lawfare as Deterrence Against a Chinese Quarantine of Taiwan
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The EU and Türkiye: Uniting in Defence?
The transition away from the post-Cold War security architecture forces the European Union and the Republic of Türkiye to re-evaluate…
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The Subsurface Chokepoint: How Autonomous Underwater Warfare Is Changing Maritime Conflict
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The Enrichment Expansion: How Satellite Intelligence Tracks a Nuclear Program Without Inspectors
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