Blog Layout

Israelis with dual nationality behind ‘large-scale’ acquisition of Syrian agricultural lands: Report

Israel is expanding its control over territory in southern Syria, not merely through military means, but also through the purchase of agricultural lands by individuals of Jewish descent holding multiple nationalities, Al-Akhbar reported on 4 May. According to a local source in the Deraa Governorate of southern Syria, extensive purchases …

Read More »

Russia’s Resettlement Strategy in Occupied Ukraine

Russia is engaged in a deliberate, sophisticated, and systematic campaign to repopulate occupied areas of Ukraine with Russian citizens as part of a broader effort to consolidate control and forcibly integrate these territories into the Russian state. This campaign has accelerated over the past year as the occupation has become …

Read More »

Islam’s Turbocharged Takeover of Europe

Discord between Western allies — ostensibly due to contrasting views towards Islam and Israel — has recently escalated to a new height. Its core most likely consists of a deep-seated envy that a handful of scruffy, hunted people managed to transform a land of sand dunes, deserts and malarial swamps …

Read More »

Iran’s New Oil Weapon

Despite a fragile cease-fire between the United States and Iran, the global economic crisis sparked by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz continues unabated. Dueling blockades have kept 20 percent of the global oil supply, 20 percent of the global supply of liquefied natural gas, and critical commodities such …

Read More »

The UAE and the Unravelling of Gulf Consensus

The United Arab Emirates’ exit from OPEC is not a technocratic adjustment to oil policy; it is a geopolitical signal. Beneath the surface of production quotas and market strategy lies a deeper rupture: the erosion of Gulf unity as a guiding principle of regional order. Accelerated by wartime vulnerability, sharpened …

Read More »