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• Trump Begs No More Oil Strikes, Larijani Dead, Iran Confident | Prof. S.M. Marandi

  Professor Seyed M. Marandi argues that recent U.S.–Israeli strikes against Iran have strengthened Iranian domestic resilience and bolstered its strategic retaliation, rather than weakening Tehran. Marandi frames the campaign as an unprovoked coalition effort—backed by Gulf monarchies and tacitly by

• The US already LOST the Naval War | Commodore Steve Jermy

  Commodore Steve Jermy argues that recent Iranian strikes expose fundamental vulnerabilities in U.S. maritime and air‑defense systems, undermining American power projection. He emphasizes the loss of forward radar “pickets” and the consequent reliance on airborne AWACS with limited terminal‑missile d

• China Fools US with Genius Iran Strategy | Sheng Zhang

  Sheng Zhang argues that Beijing’s cautious early silence on the Iran war reflects a deliberate, strategic calculus balancing ties with Iran and Gulf monarchies. China abstained on a Gulf-sponsored UN resolution condemning Iranian attacks to avoid appearing to endorse those strikes while preserving r

• The Lies of the West Come to Haunt Europe | Prof. Manuel J. Ramos

  Prof. Manuel J. Ramos argues that contemporary geopolitical narratives are socially constructed through competing epistemic communities rather than simply reflecting objective facts. Using Bucha and recent events in the Gulf as examples, he distinguishes events from facts, asserting facts emerge onl

• Zionism's Biggest MISTAKE In 300 Years. End Of Project. | Profs. J. Sachs & Y. Rabkin

  Yaakov Rabkin and Jeffrey Sachs contend that Zionism is a long-standing, settler‑colonial political movement with both secular nationalist and Christian‑biblical antecedents, rather than a post‑Holocaust singular expression of Jewish self‑defense. Rabkin uses primary quotes to show Zionism’s colonia

• US Gets Smashed. Irrecoverable Losses. Trump/Hegseth Panik | Stanislav Krapivnik

  Stas Krapivnik contends that the US campaign against Iran has rapidly inflicted strategic and logistical setbacks that echo—and may exceed—past Western military overreach. He argues Iranian forces displayed disciplined command and public cohesion while US political messaging and leadership appeared

• Ukraine and Iran Wars are Ending 500 Years of Western Empire | Prof. Richard Sakwa

  Richard Sakwa situates the Russo‑Ukrainian war within a broader critique of a post‑1945 “political West” whose expansion and ideological consolidation precipitate geopolitical backlash. He argues the conflict exemplifies “follies of empire”: an Atlantic‑centered order that refuses meaningful accommo

• Exposed: The Massmurder by US and EU Sanctions | Prof. Reza Majdzadeh

  Professor Reza Majdzadeh argues that US and EU economic sanctions produce severe, measurable harm to population health and health systems, comparable to war. Drawing on recent Lancet analyses and decades of field experience in Iran and with WHO, he identifies three key mechanisms: disrupted banking

• Ukraine, Gaza, Iran, and the Collapse of Western Restraint | Prof. Michael Brenner

  At the heart of this exchange, Michael Brenner situates the United States’ assault on Iran within a long‑running elite consensus that privileges preemptive global dominance. He traces that continuity from the Wolfowitz memo through post‑9/11 policymaking, arguing that successive administrations—desp

• Iran Deception: America's Real Goals | Prof. David Gibbs

  Professor David Gibbs contends that the current U.S. assault on Iran represents continuity in post‑Cold War American strategy: a search for enemies to justify an oversized military, sustained by neoconservative ideology, the Israel lobby, and allied institutional interests. He traces how neoconserva

• Iran War Reaches India. Escalation Spreading | Kanwal Sibal

  At the heart of this exchange, Kanwal Sibal contends that the recent sinking of an Iranian naval vessel near India profoundly complicates New Delhi’s strategic positioning. He frames India’s Indian Ocean initiatives—Milan, SAGAR and Mahasagar—as confidence-building measures undermined by U.S. milita

• America's Final War | Dr. Arthur Kachikian

  Arthur Kachikian contends that the current conflagration—radiating from Armenia and the South Caucasus into Iran and beyond—signals a systemic collapse of post‑1945 restraints. He argues Western coercion and proxy‑making have failed to produce regime change in Iran, and that escalating air campaigns

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