There are moments in history that expose the true nature of a regime, and what we are seeing now coming out of Iran is one of them. Reports indicate that the...
What Iran is doing right now is something we have seen repeatedly throughout history whenever a currency begins to die. Governments start issuing larger and larger...
Spain has now emerged in an unexpected position in the Strait of Hormuz crisis. Reports indicate that Iranian authorities are allowing Spanish-linked vessels to...
What is taking place in the Strait of Hormuz right now is not simply a disruption to shipping, but a transformation of a natural chokepoint into a political weapon,...
When a government fails to properly compensate its military, loyalty begins to fracture. From the late Roman Empire, when unpaid legions turned on the state, to...
For years, I have warned that geopolitics moves in cycles just as markets do. The Economic Confidence Model has been projecting that the period around 2026 would...
One of the most dangerous illusions in Washington is the belief that war and energy shocks are temporary. Politicians always assume that prices will spike briefly...
The conflict now unfolding with Iran is beginning to expose a series of geopolitical lines that had been quietly building for years. What is striking about the...
“Great nations do not fight endless wars,” Donald Trump said during his campaign when highlighting his “Americas First” message. Trump explicitly promised...
When analysts talk about Iran, they too often reduce it to politics, nukes, or ideology. But any real understanding of the strategic challenge must begin with...