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Operation Midnight Hammer hit empty infrastructure, not enriched uranium—leaving the US potentially mired in a long, slow pursuit of Iran’s nuclear…
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Apocalypse Iran: MAGA Boots to Tehran?
Will the initial rush of geopolitical dopamine that bombing Iran delivers give way to the grim reality of a prolonged, costly war of attrition with no…
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Operation Spiderweb
REALLY BAD things happened to Russia, but does destroying a few aging bombers actually change the war? Will Putin abandon his main hunt for victory in…
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May 2025

Orphans of Defeat
Behind Istanbul’s failed diplomacy: Western denial, Russian momentum, and Trump trapped between two walls. As defeat looms, the war party scrambles for…
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Dollar Dilemma
It powers global trade and secures U.S. privilege—but the dollar’s double role is fraying. As geopolitics shift and deficits deepen, can the dollar…
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Terminal Trajectories
Traced atop faded outlines of past wars, this cartography of collapse maps four endgames for Ukraine: unravelling alliances, imposed peace, grinding…
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America's Five-Front Trap
With Ukraine peace efforts dead, the U.S. now confronts five active fronts—against Russia, China, Iran, North Korea, and Yemen—with allies hesitant to…
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April 2025

March 2025

Years of Dread: Part 4 – Empire Rising
Conclusion: How Ukraine’s impending defeat will mutate nationalist defiance into Azov’s transnational terror, seeking to destabilize America while…
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Years of Dread: Part 3 – Strategy of Tension
A case study in how Italy’s Years of Lead used tension to erode national sovereignty in favour of the promised stability of supranational governance.
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Years of Dread: Part 2 – Lost Causes
War’s ancient Wheel spins victors and vanquished through time. History shows how the fallen wrestle and win over loss, clawing back to a peak where…
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