On the sanctions policy against Russia and the implications of the new conflict in Iran. It is difficult to discern consistency in U.S. strategy. As an initial response to the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, the United States and the European Union began sanctioning

If this report proves true — added to the Washington Post story on the U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman's warning about critically low ammunition stocks in the event of a prolonged war with Iran (washingtonpost.com/national-secur…) — the United States would be following the very playbook it once

This is a must-watch video. If Scott Ritter understanding is correct — and it makes a great deal of sense — Iran is using the attack on its supreme leader as a catalyst for major transformation in West Asia. By capitalizing on the outrage of Shiites (and potentially all

Adding to the inconsistencies: Russia is not only cashing in on rising oil prices but also benefiting from increased gas and fertilizer revenues. Norway has signaled that it might be worthwhile to reestablish Russian gas supplies to Europe — though Putin does not appear

Europe made a strategic choice — beginning in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and accelerating since 2022 following Russia's invasion of Ukraine — to reorient its energy integration (and dependency) from Russia toward the United States and the Persian Gulf. In other words,

I just said the same thing in my latest post, but with less precision on the data. The same partner that press for Europe decouple with Russia is the one causing stress in Europe's new energy alternative (U.S.).

For people who say it couldn't be predicted that the Iran war would be this consequential for the global economy, watch this 2012 video of former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski 👇 He predicts what did in fact happen: "[Iran] can hurt us a lot... Can you imagine

I am as skeptical as Brian. It's difficult to expect something different from the same actor.

In 1986, Brzezinski wrote in Game Plan that the United States "needs only not to lose militarily" to prevail, whereas the Soviet Union — because it was a one-dimensional empire (a military one) — needed to win the military dispute. Forty years later, the U.S./Israel–Iran conflict

"A opção pela diminuição do contingente militar presente no desfile de 9 de maio sugere mais uma prudência no que tange à diminuição de potenciais alvos do que, propriamente, uma incapacidade de defesa russa — disse ao GLOBO Danilo Rodriguez, professor do Instituto de Relações