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Death to America for You. America for Their Children.
Middle East

Death to America for You. America for Their Children.

The Islamic Republic hates the West — unless its own children are living there.

The Quiet Capture of the British State
The West
Culture Wars

The Quiet Capture of the British State

How Birmingham reveals Britain’s drift from neutrality: when public institutions favor some communities over others.

Steve English

Somaliland’s Moment: Recognition on Its Terms
Africa
Foreign Influence

Somaliland’s Moment: Recognition on Its Terms

How is recognition achieved?

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Who Bears Responsibility for Nazi and Islamist Crimes?
Middle East
Foreign Influence

Who Bears Responsibility for Nazi and Islamist Crimes?

A personal reflection on leadership, resistance, and moral responsibility - drawing parallels between Norway under Nazi occupation and Iran under the Islamist regime.

Arvin Khoshnood

The Mossadegh Myth: How the Left Dodges Iran’s Lessons
Middle East
The West

The Mossadegh Myth: How the Left Dodges Iran’s Lessons

How leftist myth-making obscures the real causes of Iran’s 1979 revolution.

Shalitha Bandara

Iran Is Killing Protesters. Europe Is Issuing Statements.
Middle East
The West

Iran Is Killing Protesters. Europe Is Issuing Statements.

The EU has the tools to impose real costs on the IRGC’s repression and its operations in Europe. What’s missing is action.

Dr. Aidin Panahi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Al Jazeera: Europe’s Next Soft Power Threat
The West
Conflict Zones

Al Jazeera: Europe’s Next Soft Power Threat

State-funded media can be a weapon. Europe banned Russian propaganda, why let Al Jazeera spread Islamist narratives unchecked?

Charlie Weimers

Beyond the Noise: Europe’s Hard Choices for 2026
The West
Conflict Zones

Beyond the Noise: Europe’s Hard Choices for 2026

Institutionalist, Autonomist, Sovereigntist: Europe faces three paths in a changing global order.

Dre Lapiello

The US Eyes Cuba Amid Regional Shifts in Latin America
The West
Foreign Influence

The US Eyes Cuba Amid Regional Shifts in Latin America

After Venezuela, Washington may be setting its sights on Cuba, just 90 miles from US shores.

Erik Suarez

Iran’s Digital Blackouts as State Violence
Middle East
Conflict Zones

Iran’s Digital Blackouts as State Violence

Silencing a nation online is the fastest way to make violence invisible.

Raghu Kondori

There Is No Moral Center in Europe
The West
Foreign Influence

There Is No Moral Center in Europe

Europe talks ethics. America carries the guns. History won’t wait for comfort.

Benjamin Reed

Abandoned by the State, Now Called to Fight
The West
Culture Wars

Abandoned by the State, Now Called to Fight

After decades of neglect, failed support, and repeated legal harassment, the UK has no moral right to recall veterans to serve again.

Steve English

Why Are Millions Still Fleeing the Horn of Africa?
Africa
Conflict Zones

Why Are Millions Still Fleeing the Horn of Africa?

In a region wracked by war, drought, and economic collapse, millions are left in limbo.

Pharis Gichanga

Javid Shah Echoes
Culture Wars
Middle East

Javid Shah Echoes

How a slogan fuels belief in transition and freedom.

Raghu Kondori

The Erdoğan Paradox: Ally or Adversary?
Foreign Influence
Conflict Zones

The Erdoğan Paradox: Ally or Adversary?

Turkey is indispensable to the West but under Erdoğan, its strategic value comes with growing risk and uncertainty.

Dre Lapiello

Somaliland and the New Politics of Recognition
Africa
Foreign Influence

Somaliland and the New Politics of Recognition

A Muslim-majority society without Islamist rule. Israel’s Somaliland move mirrors Taiwan’s struggle for recognition and shakes global power dynamics.

Raghu Kondori

Restoration, Not Revolution: The West’s Unfinished Duty to Iran
Middle East
Foreign Influence

Restoration, Not Revolution: The West’s Unfinished Duty to Iran

For the first time in decades, Iranians roar - will the West answer?

Nicole Sadighi

Greenland: America’s Arctic Frontier
Foreign Influence
The West

Greenland: America’s Arctic Frontier

Is melting ice turning Greenland into a battleground for great powers?

Dre Lapiello

Why Are Iranians Chanting for Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi?
Middle East
Foreign Influence

Why Are Iranians Chanting for Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi?

What sounds like nostalgia is actually a desperate demand for political legitimacy.

Dr. Ardavan M. Khoshnood

Somaliland: The State the Arab World Refuses to See
Africa
Foreign Influence

Somaliland: The State the Arab World Refuses to See

Somaliland works, the region resists: why success is seen as a threat.

Gulaid Yusuf Idaan

Why Pahlavi Has Become Islamism’s Greatest Threat
Middle East
Culture Wars

Why Pahlavi Has Become Islamism’s Greatest Threat

Decades of theocracy have met their challenger: Iran’s youth are reclaiming a future grounded in this world, not the next.

Dr. Saeid Golkar

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