The widening U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran is usually narrated as a Middle Eastern crisis. That is true, but strategically incomplete. Since the 28 February 2026 […]
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The Geopolitical Implications of the Iran War – E-International Relations
Since the United States and Israel commenced their unwarranted and unprovoked strike against Iran, codenamed Operation Epic Fury by the US and Roaring Lion by Israel, the character of […]
‘Nothing Compares to Human Lives Lost’ – Reflections on Ukraine War — Global Issues
Ukrainian Red Cross teams have delivered over 3,300 hot meals to Kyiv residents at support points around the city. Credit: Red Cross by Ed Holt (bratislava) […]
The Global War on Drugs as Authoritarian Statecraft and Its Human Rights Costs
The global war on drugs is sold as a common-sense protection of public order (Pansters 2018; Pozen 2024; Regilme 2020). In practice, however, it has […]
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 […]
Forecasting the Next World War: Between Theory and Practice
Winston Churchill famously said, “those who do not learn history are condemned to repeat it.” The truth is, even when we do learn history, we […]
Interview Feature — North Azovian Greeks in War and Transition
Christos Mantas and Konstantina Oikonomou are Visiting Researchers at the Department of Political Science and International Relations of the University of the Peloponnese. Their current […]
Donald Trump’s War on Global Development
In April 2023, the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank in the US, published a 900-page document titled “2025 Presidential Transition Project”, which became known […]
The Prospects for Another War in Tigray
Another war appears imminent in Tigray; this time the conflict threatens to engulf the region. Eritrea appears ready to join the fighting . Despite the […]
Review Feature – The Drivers of Russian Imperialism and War Against Ukraine
Putin’s War on Ukraine: Russia’s Campaign for Global Counter-RevolutionBy Samuel RamaniHurst and Co, 2023 Intent to Destroy: Russia’s Two-Hundred-Year Quest to Dominate UkraineBy Eugene FinkelBasic […]