Research and analysis on international affairs, armed conflict, diplomacy, security, migration, and the geopolitical forces shaping events across regions.
A viral story says Mossad hacked ICC lawyer Juan Branco and accidentally left thousands of Israeli contacts behind, including one labeled Sam Altman. The available
The Strait of Hormuz did not cause the 2026 Iran war. The war turned the Strait into a weapon. This explainer reconstructs what happened first,
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are asking Americans to reconsider their government’s policies. The useful question is not whether to believe the sender. It is which claims
The Cape route is longer, but it avoids Suez tolls and some Red Sea costs. A transparent voyage model shows how to calculate the war-risk
Ship tracking is only part of the story. Public records show how vessel identity, company links and prior port calls enter Red Sea risk assessments,
A ship moves after a missile launches. A successful anti-ship strike therefore requires information about the vessel and some way to reduce the resulting uncertainty.
The strongest publicly disclosed evidence in the Nord Stream sabotage case now points to a Ukrainian military-linked team using the yacht *Andromeda*. German prosecutors allege
The Orsini family really was one of Rome’s most powerful papal dynasties, and a living Prince Domenico Napoleone Orsini really does head its Gravina branch.
King Leopold II’s Congo Free State used forced labor, hostage-taking, mutilation and lethal violence on an enormous scale. But whether the system legally or historically
The red-and-black flag seen beside Ukraine’s blue-and-yellow flag has a complicated history. Its specific modern form traces to Stepan Bandera’s OUN-B in 1941 and later
