Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
A collection of my editorials focused on uncovering what lies beneath the headlines
The Israeli air strike on the Abu al-Duhur military airfield in Idlib is far more consequential than the destruction of another degraded military facility. It signals a decisive shift in…
Japan is entering one of the most consequential phases of its postwar security transformation. What is emerging under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is not simply a larger military or a…
The signing of the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan on August 7 marks a significant shift in the security politics of West Asia and the…
The six month confrontation between the United States, Israel, and Iran has fundamentally altered the strategic landscape of Eurasia. Much of the international debate has focused on military operations, energy…
The Pentagon’s formal launch of the Europe Posture Review marks one of the most significant shifts in transatlantic security since the end of the Cold War. When Under Secretary of…
The signing of the Section 123 Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement between Washington and Riyadh marks a defining juncture in contemporary West Asian geopolitics. Formally structured to facilitate the transfer of…
The conceptual battlefield of West Asia has exposed a fundamental mismatch between overwhelming tactical firepower and coherent strategic logic. The collapse of the recent interim memorandum of understanding has plunged…
The conceptual battlefield of West Asia has shifted away from raw military force and toward the precise mastery of digital, spatial, and electronic data. While public attention remains fixed on…
The geopolitical fault lines of West Asia have shifted with alarming speed, shattering the fragile, unannounced peace that had largely held over the skies of Yemen since the spring of…
For decades, the European Union anchored its foreign policy in the comfortable assumption that economic interdependence would naturally cultivate geopolitical stability. That illusion has now been completely shattered. In an…