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The stalemate over the Strait of Hormuz is structural and rooted in the very nature of contemporary Mideast geopolitics. It won’t be easily overcome.

US naval superiority can deter escalation, but it cannot deliver dependable passage through the Strait of Hormuz without a workable understanding of Iran's capabilities, incentives, and red lines.

The question is not whether a sixth-generation fighter can be built. It’s whether these aircraft will be able to operate effectively in the environment they are being built for.

Dueling state visits reveal how Myanmar is reemerging as an arena of geopolitical competition between China and India.

Colombia pivots right, the Iran war MOU is tested throughout the week, Ebola spreading in DRC sight unseen, and Ukraine vows to bring the war to Moscow.

President Lai Ching-te’s recent visit to Eswatini illustrates how Taiwan’s already limited diplomatic leeway continues to shrink.

President Trump's maritime national monument order has been viewed as a deregulation story. But it's also a strategic one that places US civilian vessels in close proximity to China’s irregular maritime forces in the Pacific.

Newly elected right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella wants to use Nayib Bukele’s heavy-handed tactics to reduce violence. But there’s a problem: Colombia is not El Salvador, and gang members are not insurgents.

The demise of NAFTA illustrates once again how the force of commerce cannot transcend the political.

Gold remains central to Indian household finances, despite all the best efforts of the state.

The US Navy is seeing ever more frequent and intensive engagements, but domestic shipbuilding bottlenecks impose hard limits on its operational reach.

Japan’s accelerating military buildup will inevitably collide with the country’s shrinking and reluctant recruitment base.

The Iran war has highlighted the difference between projecting power and producing trust.

The question facing Spanish politics is not whether Prime Minister Sánchez can withstand the political storm of recent scandals, but whether opposition parties are ready and able to capitalize on the opportunity.

Taking a deep dive into the Iran war memorandum of understanding – an agreement as delicate as it is consequential for the future of American power in the Middle East.