A recent US-Iran ceasefire agreement offers hope for ending Middle Eastern conflicts, but the authors warn that Israel’s “Greater Israel” ideology—seeking territorial expansion from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean—continues driving regional wars and threatening Israel’s survival and global standing.
Germany and Japan are dramatically increasing military spending and capabilities in response to security threats, but face a critical challenge: whether they can rearm without becoming militarized societies. As the generations that lived through World War II fade, these former Axis powers must preserve the democratic restraint that defined their postwar identities while strengthening defenses against Russia and China.
A 60-day US-Iran ceasefire extension faces uncertainty amid Israel’s alleged violations, threatening regional stability. The authors argue the conflict reflects decades of US “low-intensity warfare” doctrine targeting developing nations, with resolution requiring fundamental shifts in American foreign policy.
The UN’s next Secretary-General should signal whether the organization will evolve beyond managing interstate coexistence to address planetary-scale challenges like climate change and pandemics that demand coordinated global action transcending traditional sovereignty frameworks.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu faces political collapse after a ceasefire deal he opposed undermined US-Israel relations, emboldened Iran, and failed to achieve his stated military objectives in Gaza, Lebanon, and against Tehran.
Colombia’s June 21 runoff election presents voters with a choice between far-right authoritarianism and institutional reform as the country battles armed groups, displacement and state collapse in peripheral regions. Both candidates face structural obstacles regardless of outcome.
US Democrats and Republicans share broad agreement on maintaining American dominance in Latin America and the Caribbean, differing mainly on execution rather than substance. Both parties support economic sanctions and regime-change efforts against Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua, though Democrats criticize Republican methods as insufficiently aggressive.
Trump’s “America First” doctrine has proven short-lived in Middle East policy, consistently prioritizing Israeli security interests over independent American strategy, from withdrawing from the Iran nuclear deal to the recent military strike against Iran.
Economist Jeffrey Sachs argues the Iran conflict was a strategic failure achieving none of its objectives, exposing limits of U.S. military power and accelerating America’s decline as global hegemon in an ending unipolar era.
After President Maduro’s January removal, interim leader Delcy Rodríguez has ceded control of Venezuela’s oil, minerals, and foreign policy to the Trump administration through new laws favoring foreign companies, prompting leftist opposition who view it as U.S. occupation.
