The Bab al-Mandab is not closed. It is loaded.
Even superpowers depend on global supply chains. The real prize? Setting the rules others follow.
Until the EU is able to translate its ambition into coordinated capabilities, Cyprus will remain what it is today: a European territory de iure, an Atlantic instrument de facto, and a permanent fault line along Turkey’s southern border.
The UN strips Venezuela of voting rights over unpaid dues – but ignores that U.S. sanctions froze its finances. Iran, Sudan, and Afghanistan face the same trap.
The general impression is that the New Delhi summit offers a preview of what the international system might become in the coming years.
Moscow continues advancing strategic integration with Asian nations – the West reacts with disinformation.
South Korea dismantles its notorious Defense Counterintelligence Command – a 70-year-old “dirty security apparatus” behind coups, massacres, and surveillance.
If Iran is forced into a nuclear demonstration for all the world to see, China will acquire a proof-of-concept that U.S. deterrence is hollow.
