Why Economic Pressure Against Iran Continues Despite Policy Failures
This analysis explores why Iran sanctions persist despite failing to curb nuclear or missile programs. It argues that the focus has shifted from behavioral change to deliberate economic destabilization. By fostering “ghost fleets” for oil exports and causing severe civilian humanitarian crises, these measures may serve regime-change agendas rather than stated diplomatic goals.
Technology Partnerships and Diplomatic Intermediaries: A Framework for Peace Implementation
This analysis examines how the U.S.-UAE strategic partnership leverages a $1.4 trillion investment framework to replace traditional military dominance with AI-backed “Data-Driven Diplomacy.” By combining Microsoft’s $15.2 billion AI commitment with the UAE’s unique credibility in Moscow and Washington, this model offers a pragmatic, verifiable architecture for resolving complex global conflicts.
Converging Internal and External Pressures: Iran’s Strategic Vulnerability in a Changed Regional Order
This analysis examines Iran’s precarious position as it faces the convergence of historic domestic unrest and intensified external military pressure. With the collapse of its “social contract,” a devalued currency, and the erosion of its regional proxy networks, the regime is trapped in an escalatory cycle where traditional diplomatic off-ramps have vanished, leaving only pathways toward confrontation, capitulation, or institutional collapse.
Economic Pragmatism Trumps Ideology in Latin America’s China Dilemma
This article examines how Latin America’s deep-seated integration into Chinese trade networks—exceeding $515 billion in 2024—overrides the region’s recent rightward political shifts. Using case studies from Argentina’s soy exports to Brazil’s response to U.S. tariffs, it argues that economic pragmatism and the “commercial logic of resource extraction” remain more influential than ideological alignment with Washington.
Regional Actors Navigate Post-Conflict Institutional Frameworks While Managing Domestic Advocacy Pressures
This analysis explores how eight major Muslim-majority states are navigating the “Board of Peace,” a post-conflict governance framework for Gaza established in late 2025. It details the strategic shift from external advocacy to “insider” participation, allowing these nations to influence reconstruction contracts, security coordination, and humanitarian oversight while using rhetorical framing to reconcile this involvement with traditional domestic support for Palestinian statehood.
Strategic Realignment and the Gradual Erosion of Economic Influence
This analysis details how global actors are countering unpredictable U.S. trade policies through “accelerated pursuit of alternative partnerships” and financial diversification. It highlights the shift toward conventional multilateral agreements (like the EU-India and Canada-China deals) and the steady decline of the dollar’s share in global reserves—falling from 72% in 2000 to 56.9% by 2025—as nations hedge against geopolitical risk.
Inside Iran’s Unstable Moment | Baker Briefing
By Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Ph.D.
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The United States and Venezuela: Beyond the Bilateral Dimension | Policy Center for the New South
By Nizar Messari & Alae Jellal
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The Terminal Decline of Unipolarity: When Hegemonic Leadership Chooses Extraction Over Stewardship
This analysis argues that American unipolarity is collapsing not due to external rivals, but because the U.S. has traded “strategic restraint” for “zero-sum extraction.” By dismantling the self-binding institutional order that once made its leadership attractive, the U.S. has forced allies to seek alternative, more volatile multipolar arrangements.