The Gulf monarchies have long claimed a moral and religious legitimacy that their political conduct increasingly calls into question. Beneath the language of stability, order, and piety lies a harder reality: dependence on external power, the containment of dissent, and…
In December of 1991, the Supreme Soviet announced the end and dissolution of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, marking the end of an era of a bipolarity that had begun right after the Second World War. Since then, America…
The threat looming over four Palestine Action activists being secretly sentenced as terrorists should not be taken lightly. Such a ruling would not only fundamentally change the sentencing scope for the defendants; it would set a dangerous precedent for how…
Washington’s war against Iran has widened across the region. The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has triggered a massive regional response, displaying the existence of a fortified and united anti-imperial resistance front. This support for Iran worldwide, across both oppressed…
Unmasked Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have been deployed to major airports across America, stepping into Transportation Security Administration (TSA) operations amidst staffing shortages. This disruption follows a mid-February funding halt for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after…
Gaza has long functioned as a testing ground for weapons and surveillance architecture. Yet, recent advancements in digital warfare and new administrative schemes to govern the Strip push this laboratory in a far more dangerous direction. What emerges are not…
The assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei, was framed as a decisive step towards the dubious goal of “regime change.” However, decapitation is not the same as collapse. With overstretched ambitions, no credible opposition figure capable of…
“There will be no security, no stability, no prosperity for Lebanon if there is not the beginning of a process of disarmament of militias.”– Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Presidential Envoy to Lebanon, following meetings in Beirut, December 2023. The sentence lingered…
