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The closure of virtually all commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz occasioned by the Iran War is not merely a matter of oil and gas, the usual prized duo that feature in the nervous […]

From his position at the commanding heights of American power, President Trump has often conveyed a singular conviction: the world does not sufficiently recognise his leadership – or America’s preeminence under it. While ordinary citizens […]

There is an old military principle, so obvious it barely needs stating: before you start a war, know what winning looks like. Know how it ends. Have a plan for the morning after. The United […]

Introduction: The Cry of “Wolf” for Three Decades There is a pattern to despots and demagogues that repeats across centuries. When they cannot win with results, they manufacture threats. When they cannot justify war with […]

By Walt Zlotow   President Trump and his Secretary of Criminal War, Pete Hegseth, are completely flummoxed by Iran’s robust defense against Trump’s deranged attack. It’s so robust it has turned Trump’s planned three day […]

There is a familiar pattern to American wars. The beginning is dramatic, the middle is complicated, and the ending is usually somebody else’s problem. First comes the announcement from Washington. Something terrible has happened somewhere […]

Operation Epic Fury and the Physics of a Global Grave In 1944, Jean-Paul Sartre wrote a short play about three people locked in a room together for eternity. The door was occasionally unlocked. Nobody left. […]

By James Moore I am in New Orleans this weekend at the city’s book festival, listening to authors and ideas that would move even the most disconsolate of souls. Anderson Cooper of CNN, who has […]

By Dr Dan Steinbock The chaotic conditions created by the US/Israeli war against Iran are now in an escalatory phase. The reverberations will be severe worldwide. Expresso: U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit […]

Lessons from the Jungle: My Father’s Hard-Earned Wisdom from New Guinea I never intended to write this. For most of my life, my father’s stories about the war in New Guinea remained locked away like […]

The big drain on military resources has begun. A war apparently already won (and not), against an adversary supposedly without means to fight back, its air force and navy destroyed, its missile capabilities blunted, is […]

Introduction: The Words That Condemn On March 13, 2026, United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stood at a Pentagon briefing and declared: “We will keep pressing. We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, […]