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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 20, 2026, 3:49 PM

Trump Must Play the Falklands Card on Iran

The South Atlantic is no frozen backwater. It straddles vital sea lanes linking the Atlantic and Pacific, commands access to Antarctic resources valued in the trillions in oil, gas, and minerals, and offers a potential forward base to counter...

May 10, 2026, 3:53 PM

Europe Was Born When Evil Was Defeated, Not Invited to the Table

Europe Day is the story of a continent whose wars turned destruction into order, enmity into partnership, and coal and steel into peace. That is why it is dangerous: its beauty tempts us to forget that beneath the open...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Mar 6, 2026, 6:40 AM

Wider Consequences of the Israel/U.S. vs Iran War

Most eyes are glued to the mutual blows in the current war. Some pundits ask how it will end, militarily and regime-wise. But there’s another dimension, what I would call the “outer circle” of the war’s effects. In the...

Feb 23, 2026, 1:18 PM

Israel’s Quiet European Line

Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s remarks were domestic politics, not government strategy. The EU is Israel’s main trade partner and a decisive regulatory arena, yet parts of Europe still treat Israel as a detached normative file, while Israel sometimes confuses...

Jonathan Shavit

Feb 5, 2026, 4:19 PM

The Arctic Circle is heating up again

The sparsely populated island of Greenland has become the focus of much media attention. The star of the show, as always, is President Donald Trump, who has signaled his willingness to buy Greenland in a way that is unorthodox,...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Feb 3, 2026, 4:30 AM

Europe’s Bluff Will Collapse Without America

Europe’s outrage over Greenland is not about principles—it is about panic. When the United States treats the Arctic as a strategic theater—shipping lanes, rare earths, missile defense—European elites answer with sanctimony because they lack leverage. This moral theater is...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jan 30, 2026, 5:23 PM

Greenland Was Never the Prize—Control Was

Donald Trump never wanted Greenland the way critics pretended he did. He wanted what serious powers have always wanted: control without conquest. The noise about “buying” Greenland was never literal—it was leverage. Just like the Panama Canal, where Trump’s...

Andy Blumenthal

Jan 25, 2026, 8:27 AM

Trump’s Fury: Power That Actually Delivers

Trump's Disruptive Leadership: Breaking Logjams to Secure America's Future President Donald Trump stands as America's most consequential—and polarizing—leader since Abraham Lincoln. Critics denounce his unapologetic style as authoritarianism, his threats as power grabs, and his force as reckless. Yet even...

Jan 23, 2026, 7:55 PM

No Checks. No Balances. No Guardrails.

“Guardrails do not fail all at once. They fail quietly, one by one, until nothing is left to stop the car.” Something fundamental has shifted, and pretending otherwise is part of the problem. This is not about being surprised by...

Vincent James Hooper

Jan 23, 2026, 1:48 AM

Trump’s Greenland Grab: A Game-Theoretic Analysis

The Crisis In January 2026, President Trump escalated demands to acquire Greenland from Denmark, threatening tariffs against eight European nations and refusing to rule out military force. The crisis intensified following Trump's seizure of Venezuelan President Maduro on 3 January,...

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