From Shah to Strategic Attrition: Iran, Regime Change, and the Hard-Power Reckoning in West Asia
To understand the present confrontation among Iran, the United States, and Israel, one must begin not with uranium enrichment but with 1953. That year,...
War Beyond the Nuclear Question: Iran, Regime Change, Energy Geopolitics
As time passes, the coordinated Israeli-U.S. strikes on Iran and the initial fog of war lift. The Iranian response is planned and calculated, which...
India at the Pivot: US–China Competition, Strategic Trust, and the Next Phase of the Partnership
In a significant 2026 hearing of the US–China Economic and Security Review Commission, commissioners and expert witnesses discussed a question increasingly vital to American...
The Asymmetry of Commitments in the Indo-US Trade Deal
The Indo-US trade deal has been presented as a landmark sign that India and the United States have finally aligned their economic and strategic...
India’s Toughest Deal with the US: What Did India Actually Gain?
The government has called the latest India–US trade deal historic. A breakthrough. A sign of India’s rising stature. But history has a habit of...