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Mecca Pact fails its first test
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Mecca Pact fails its first test
August 26, 2026

Sunni military alliance project appears to have an uncertain future

Trump mulls raising the stakes to force Iranian capitulation
August 24, 2026

How feasible is Trump’s strategy? Is Iran in as desperate straits as Treasury Secretary Bessent suggests?

Trump mulls raising the stakes to force Iranian capitulation
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Exclusive: How Trump tried to bribe the head of the IRGC
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Exclusive: How Trump tried to bribe the head of the IRGC
August 21, 2026

Mafia, piracy, bribing, extortion: talk about a flexible Empire at work

Will the Houthis sink Trump at the midterms?
August 19, 2026

Trump’s war on Iran backfired – and now the Houthis are sinking his midterms.

Will the Houthis sink Trump at the midterms?
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Why Trump’s blockade cannot turn Iran into an island
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Why Trump’s blockade cannot turn Iran into an island
August 19, 2026

The U.S. may blockade Iran on the seas. But it cannot blockade Iran’s geography

Netanyahu’s réprise of the ‘Iraq WMD deceit’ – re-launched to promote war on Iran
August 15, 2026

Trump’s pivot to economic pressure as the key to Iranian capitulation is not a credible strategy.

Netanyahu’s réprise of the ‘Iraq WMD deceit’ – re-launched to promote war on Iran
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What the Three RIC Musketeers are really up to
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What the Three RIC Musketeers are really up to
August 14, 2026

Relish the ambiguity. And the deliberate opaqueness.

Busted… 40 days of terrorism against Russia end in NATO’s strategic wilderness
August 7, 2026

NATO’s terrorism has thrown everything at Russia, short of nuclear weapons, and yet it finds itself wasted and in a wilderness, strategically.

Busted… 40 days of terrorism against Russia end in NATO’s strategic wilderness
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