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Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 31, 2026, 11:27 AM

Sánchez: The Head of Spain’s Corruption Snake

On May 27, 2026, agents from the Central Operative Unit of the Civil Guard stormed the national headquarters of the Spanish Socialist Workers’ Party in Madrid. They were searching for records tied to illegal financing, bribery, and an alleged...

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...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

May 13, 2026, 4:09 AM

‘Indiana Trump’ Barks Again; No Bite Yet

In the brutal chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, the Spanish proverb perro que ladra no muerde—a dog that barks does not bite—now defines President Donald Trump’s Iran strategy with merciless clarity. Since the Pakistan-brokered ceasefire took effect on April 8,...

Apr 7, 2026, 8:37 PM

Chinese Paper Tigers and the War Against Iran

Following the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan on August 30, 2021, many observers may have embraced the false assumption that the US military had become a paper tiger. Mao Zedong popularized the idea of the "Paper Tiger." This is...

Mar 29, 2026, 7:26 PM

Iran’s future must be decided in Tehran by its people — not by external forces

Attempts at regime change strengthened Iran’s hardliners. The desire for regime change in Iran has, in recent years, pushed parts of the Iranian diaspora in the United States — as well as voices in Israel — toward a more hawkish...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Mar 26, 2026, 10:17 AM

Puerto Rico Needs the Vote Before the Star

Puerto Ricans can yield a constitutionally eligible president of the United States, yet they still cannot vote for one. That is not a quirk. It is not an oversight. It is the clearest proof that Puerto Rico’s current status...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Mar 23, 2026, 5:33 PM

How the American Left Now Launders Tucker

The American left is so desperate to weaken President Donald Trump before the midterms that it is doing something absurd on its face: laundering extreme-right journalist Tucker Carlson into a serious foreign-policy authority and former National Counterterrorism Center Director...

Mar 17, 2026, 11:18 PM

Iran Is Not Venezuela

The removal of Nicolás Maduro in early 2026 by the United States has prompted a wave of strategic comparisons, particularly among those seeking a decisive solution to the crisis involving Iran. The apparent success of a swift, targeted intervention...

Feb 24, 2026, 2:26 AM

Jerusalem’s opportunity in Latin America

Argentina’s President Javier Milei meets Israel’s President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, February 6, 2024. (Photo: Casa Rosada / Presidencia de la Nación Argentina, casarrosada.gob.ar.)

Latin America is sobering up. A Jerusalem–Washington–Buenos Aires partnership could reshape the hemisphere — if Israel stops treating the region as an afterthought

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Feb 23, 2026, 5:24 AM

Hemispheric Denial and the Geometry of Containment

When read chronologically rather than rhetorically, a coherent strategic architecture becomes visible: deny permissive hemispheric nodes to rival coalitions, institutionalize regional alignment, and pressure hinge states that facilitate cross-theater coordination — all in service of constraining China’s ability to...

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