Diplomacy & International Relations

‘He has what I need and I have what he needs’ — Zelensky says he’s ready for talks on interceptor drones with Netanyahu

(Dmytro Basmat - The Kyiv Independent) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested to hold talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky on the topic of...

Iraq’s oil paralysis: A self-inflicted wound and a gift to Tehran

(Yerevan Saeed - Middle East Institute) With the Strait of Hormuz closed and oil production from Iraq’s south in free fall, Baghdad’s failure to...

Can the US Unlock the Strait of Hormuz?

(Middle East Institute) In his first public statements since assuming the role of Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei has vowed vengeance for US-Israeli attacks...

Geostrategic magazine (17 March 2026) – analyses from global think tanks

Anthropic/Pentagon/China (Kenton Thibaut - Atlantic Council) Chinese commentators are taking particular glee in the dispute between Anthropic and the US Department of Defense given Anthropic’s...

Worlds In Brief (17 March 2026)

Iran War and beyond  (Al Arabiya) Saudi Arabia intercepted and destroyed scores of drones in the Eastern Province, the Kingdom’s ministry of defense said on...

Spyware-Based Searches for Domestic Criminal Law Enforcement

(Yotam Berger - Lawfare) In the United States, NSO Group—the Israeli spyware firm infamous for numerous reported abuses of its product, Pegasus—has been under...

Slavery and Birthright Citizenship

(Ilya Somin - Lawfare) Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case, is currently before the Supreme Court. At the heart of the case is...

Ahmad al-Sharaa Is Building the State Abu Mohammed al-Golani Promised

(Sara Harmouch - Lawfare) For more than a year, debate over Syria’s post-Assad transition has revolved around a single question: Has Ahmad al-Sharaa changed?...

The Entrenchment of Iran’s Security State

(Jesse Ramsdell - Just Security) Washington is quickly learning it will take more than a sustained bombing campaign to topple the Iranian regime, if...

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