In the 21st century, the international system has returned to a bipolar structure and is heading toward a new “Cold War” (Tunsjø, 2018; Ferguson, 2019; […]
Žyma: Strategic
Existential Anxiety and Strategic Failure
Anxiety over the existentially precarious position Israel occupies in the Middle East has persisted for thousands of years, though it has grown and intensified after […]
Nuclear Taboo and Strategic Morality Under Pressure
Eight decades after the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the question of whether the atomic bombings were legitimate remains unresolved and structurally central to contemporary […]
Strategic Lessons from the June 2025 Israel-Iran War
For Iran, the June 2025 Israel-Iran War was the costliest conventional conflict since the Iran-Iraq War (1980–88). Throughout the Israel-Iran War and with support from […]
American Military Power and World Peace: A Strategic Paradox?
Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has maintained an unparalleled global military posture, embodying what some analysts have called an “empire […]
Strategic Redundancy in South America
When Hezbollah makes headlines, it’s usually in reference to its military entrenchment in southern Lebanon, its alignment with Iran, or its influence on the internal […]
The EU-Egypt Strategic and Comprehensive Partnership
The European Union has been accused of betraying its own values by rewarding the “abysmal repression” of the Egyptian regime (Francavilla, 2024, para. 8). On […]