Foreign Power, Local Politics
Where local collaboration is absent, foreign intervention imposes enormous costs or simply stalls. Where it exists, intervention can succeed with surprising velocity.
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Where local collaboration is absent, foreign intervention imposes enormous costs or simply stalls. Where it exists, intervention can succeed with surprising velocity.
Now that glyphosate has become a national-security issue, it’s time to revisit the source of misinformation about this controversial herbicide.
The structural case for why collectivist systems fail.
Israel and the United States have already done much to dismantle the Axis of Resistance, but the broader network supported by Iran remains most active in Western Europe.
Monuments don’t create legacy; they merely memorialise it.
Why the misunderstood sovereign UAE thrives, and why ideologues—from the Islamic Republic to the Muslim Brotherhood—are invested in its demise.
The CCP will certainly take advantage should Iran turn into a major distraction for the US.
After nineteen days of war, Israel and America face a grinding conflict with Iran and Hezbollah, and there is no clear end in sight.
The American debate about the campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
Laura K. Field’s smart new book takes a critical look at MAGA’s Ivy League intellectuals.
An interview with Dr Shmuel Bar.
Australia has long been considered politically stable compared with Europe and the United States. But according to political scientist Eric Kaufmann, that period of “Australian exceptionalism” may be coming to an end.
Why Germans fear American religion, and what this reveals about Europe.
Israel faces not a solvable conflict but a permanent condition—one requiring deterrence, “violent maintenance,” and historic patience—while confronting both regional enemies and a cultural battle in the West.
How we learned to reason poorly with accurate data.