The great theorists of war agreed that squandering one’s military power is the cardinal strategic sin. Sun Tzu, writing some 2,500 years ago, warned that...
Many well-known politicians and analysts believe that the destruction of the modern system of international relations began with Russia’s attack on Ukraine – not in...
Turkey occupies a specific and difficult-to-sustain position in this war. As a NATO member, it participates in the collective defence system that directly tracks and...
On 20 July 1988, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, told the nation he had drunk ‘the poisoned chalice’ by accepting a ceasefire in an...
The European Council meeting on March 19-20 is unfolding against the backdrop of a deeply unstable international landscape. Russia’s war on Ukraine and the growing uncertainty...
With airstrikes rocking Beirut and Israeli troops advancing against Hezbollah, Lebanon's government has broken a taboo by proposing the first direct talks with Israel in...
Under President Donald Trump, US foreign policy has reached a new low. His administration’s war on Iran, coming just after its kidnapping of Venezuela’s dictator,...
