When President Donald Trump celebrated Kazakhstan’s decision to join the Abraham Accords, he spoke of peace and partnership in the familiar language of statesmen. The announcement sounded like a diplomatic victory in a region marked by instability. In reality, it looked more like one more step in a slow and deliberate effort to turn Central Asia into a forward operating base against Russia, China, and Iran. Kazakhstan sits at the heart of that emerging contest. American strategists began to speak of a unified space that they call “Greater Central Asia” years before Trump returned to the...

Recent reports indicate the United States is preparing to establish a military presence at an airbase in Damascus, allegedly to facilitate a security agreement between Syria and Israel. This development represents yet another misguided expansion of American military overreach in a region where Washington has already caused tremendous damage through decades of failed interventionist policies. The United States currently operates approximately 750 to 877 military installations across roughly eighty countries worldwide. This staggering number represents about 70 to 85% of all foreign military...

When President Donald Trump announced that Kazakhstan would join the Abraham Accords after a celebratory call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kazakhstan President Kassym Jomart Tokayev, he treated the move as another triumph of personal diplomacy and a fresh step toward Middle East peace. The White House framed the development as a sign that the accords still attract eager applicants despite the carnage in Gaza. The substance tells a different story. Kazakhstan already lives in Israel’s diplomatic inner circle. The two states recognized each other in the early years after...

The chaotic rollout of the latest Ukraine peace initiative reveals a troubling reality that transcends partisan politics. Three years into a devastating European war, American policymakers still operate under the delusion that diplomatic papering over irreconcilable positions can substitute for the hard work of strategic disengagement. The proposal emerged from secret discussions between President Donald Trump's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian sovereign wealth fund chief Kirill Dmitriev, a close confidant of President Vladimir Putin. Developed without coordination from the U.S. State...

In the aftermath of the devastating Twelve-Day War in June 2025, Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmaeil Khatib made a striking claim that captured international attention: more than fifty foreign intelligence services had provided direct support to Israel during the conflict. Speaking during an official visit to Iran’s southwestern Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province in October 2025, Khatib characterized this coalition as an "intelligence NATO" that coordinated efforts to destabilize Iran through hybrid warfare encompassing military attacks, psychological operations, cyber warfare, and media...

On a moonless night in September 2025, American warships patrolling the Caribbean Sea opened fire on a Venezuelan vessel, killing eleven people. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described it matter-of-factly as another drug interdiction operation. But to those watching the steady deterioration of U.S.-Venezuela relations over the past three decades, the deadly strike represented something far more ominous: the culmination of nearly thirty years of failed policy, botched coups, and mounting hostility that has brought two nations to the brink of armed conflict. Today, experts estimate the odds...

On October 6, 1973, as Israel’s leaders observed the solemn rituals of Yom Kippur, Egyptian and Syrian forces launched a coordinated surprise assault across the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights. Within hours, Israel’s much-vaunted military machine was reeling. Entire tank divisions were decimated, forward positions were collapsing, and for the first time since 1948, the survival of the Jewish state seemed genuinely in doubt. Israel’s vaunted aura of invincibility—built on its swift victories in 1948 and 1967—was shattered as Arab armies inflicted staggering losses and threatened to break...