By Adam Reed The Middle East’s strategic picture is constantly shifting, with old rivalries rubbing up against dramatic new economic dreams. Right inRead More »Israel’s Military Offer: A Strategic Trap for Saudi Arabia
By Adam Reed We’re well into the age of bots, a decade deep, in fact. It’s an era defined by relentless social mediaRead More »Democracy in the Grip of Big Tech
By Adam Reed Strategic patience in foreign policy has a way of turning into self deception. When a superpower tries to dodge directRead More »The Clock Is Ticking in Tehran’s Favor
By Adam Reed There’s a tendency, especially among policy circles, to measure military alliances strictly by counting soldiers, jets, ships, and hardware. ButRead More »The Mecca Pact: The Houthis’ Narrative Nightmare
By Adam Reed The strategic patience of Islamabad and Ankara has reached its threshold, and both powers have decided to go beyond mere diplomaticRead More »Türkiye and Pakistan: The Houthis’ New Strategic Nightmare
By Adam Reed For years, the conversation between Islamabad and Kabul repeated itself every time violence flared up. If a terror attack rockedRead More »Afghanistan’s Terror Network: The Evidence Trail
By Adam Reed The departure of foreign military forces from Iraqi installations represents a defining structural shift in the geopolitics of the MiddleRead More »Inside Iran’s Power Network in Iraq
By Adam Reed Latin America has always been a playground for outside powers jockeying for influence, but lately, there’s a new game inRead More »Latin America: Israel’s Surveillance Playground
By Adam Reed Watching the carefully staged diplomatic dance at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, you get a rare, evenRead More »Washington and Tehran: The Long Road to a Deal
By Adam Reed The upcoming summit between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump in Washington feels like a turning point,Read More »Xi and Trump: Managing the Rivalry
By Adam Reed Six months into America’s second war with Iran, Washington’s stuck, caught in the same old strategic mess. The U.S. andRead More »America and Iran: The War Without an Exit
By Adam Reed The Houthis, officially known as Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, have tossed a bold new challenge into the Middle East’s alreadyRead More »The Houthis’ Dangerous Miscalculation