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Aparajita Acharya

Aug 26, 2026, 8:53 PM

The Identity Shift Reshaping the Gulf

For centuries, political analysis has repeatedly taken the identities of a particular moment and treated them as structural facts. But identities have astonishingly short political half-lives. Geopolitically identities have found life, succeeded , suffered from and failed- variably. Identities of...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 24, 2026, 5:30 AM

Bennett and Liberman Must End the Palestinian Mess

Naftali Bennett and Avigdor Lieberman correctly reject diplomatic fantasy, but turning that rejection into hard-nosed architecture requires shattering the West’s favorite delusions. For decades, the archaic Israeli foreign policy establishment chased the mirage of a centralized Palestinian state, creating...

Aug 20, 2026, 9:24 AM

Why I’m Changing My Mind About Trump’s Naval Blockade of Iran

In June I wrote that the strategy behind the American naval blockade was to provoke Iran's implosion, and I doubted the instrument could deliver it. Six days ago I showed that no blockade in the past century has ever...

Aug 16, 2026, 6:02 PM

The Mecca Pact and India’s Third Front

Conceptual illustration: Three interlocking metallic arches looming over the Indian subcontinent symbolize the new trilateral defense compact between Pakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia, reflecting the emergence of a strategic 'third front' and the shifting geopolitical realities on New Delhi's western flank. Image: AI-generated (free for commercial use).

A new defense compact linking Pakistan, Türkiye, and Saudi Arabia may never place another army on India’s border. Its real power lies in the weapons, intelligence, and diplomatic pressure it could bring to Pakistan’s side during the next crisis. Twenty-four...

Aug 5, 2026, 6:31 AM

The Gulf Must Choose: Iran’s Missiles Today or Iran’s Nuclear Bomb Tomorrow

The attack was ready. Trump said so himself. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One on August 2, he explained his decision to call off a planned strike on Iran. He claimed the request for restraint came from Saudi...

Aug 4, 2026, 7:34 AM

The Petrodollar Loses Ground in New Delhi

The crisis in West Asia forces a major financial shift. Attacks in the Red Sea disrupt global shipping routes. India buys massive amounts of oil from the Gulf to keep its economy running, and buyers rely on the US...

Jul 25, 2026, 6:12 PM

Houthi Threat Bringing Saudi Arabia and UAE Closer, Will Israel and IMEC Benefit?

The renewed escalation between Saudi Arabia and the Houthis in Yemen, alongside growing tensions between the United States and Iran, may be reshaping relations between the Gulf's two most influential powers—Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In recent months,...

Jul 17, 2026, 12:16 AM

Iran Wants America’s Partners to Feel Abandoned. The US Must Prove Otherwise

Iran’s latest attacks across the Gulf and against Jordan are not random acts of retaliation. They reflect a deliberate political strategy: convince America’s regional partners that their relationships with Washington make them less secure, not more. By striking American military...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Jul 15, 2026, 6:10 AM

This Is How America Wins in Iran and Weakens China

In the last two weeks, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has repeatedly claimed responsibility for missile strikes on several oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, branding the vessels as “offending supertankers that ignored warnings, turned off their...

Jul 7, 2026, 3:06 AM

Beyond Recognition: Israel, US, Somaliland, & the New Strategic Enviroment

Member of Somaliland Security Forces - 2013

(Photo by Taken by Author)

With the end of the 2026 US-Iran conflict, the strategic alignments of the greater Middle East will begin to reshape themselves to adjust to the new post-conflict reality. Already, there are indications of the potential formation of a Saudi-Egypt-Pakistan-Turkey...

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