Washington's silence on the IRGC missiles invites aggression
The IRGC just threw a punch and missed, and the bureaucrats in Washington are treating it like a non-event.
By Grant Colby ·
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IRGC strikes at Al-Azraq prove the US is on the defensive
On Wednesday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) fired twenty ballistic missiles at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base near Al-Azraq, Jordan.
By Adele Rutherford ·
IRGC seized the smart drone, proving our surveillance is blind
There is a specific kind of arrogance that comes from sitting in a climate-controlled room in D.C., drawing lines on a map and calling it "strategy," while people halfway across…
By Ruth Behrens ·
Trump is trading global stability for the ego of a hard hit
Coming from the Atlantic edge of Ireland, I have spent my career watching how the big capitals treat the small, sovereign players on the periphery.
By Aoife Gallagher ·
Hardliners used ceasefire in Strait of Hormuz to arm up for war
Look, I’ve spent years reading about systems breaking down—whether it's the maternity ward closing in a county hospital or the global supply chain seizing up because some chokepoint gets volatile.
By Josie Calloway ·
Iran’s supreme leader tightens grip with top appointments
When a regime’s central pillar is violently removed—in this case, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in US-Israeli airstrikes—the immediate assumption is that the resulting chaos will…
By Sophie Naimi ·
Man Accused of Spying for Iran at British Air Base in Cyprus
The arrests in Cyprus are not news of criminal vigilance; they are merely predictable symptoms of great power rivalry spilling over into areas that require boring, reliable competence.
By Klaus Berger ·
IRGC claims attacks on Jordanian air base kill several US soldiers
The Mediterranean has always understood how quickly a crisis can boil over, but what is unfolding in the Arabian Sea feels less like geopolitics and more like an oil-fueled fever dream.
By Sophie Naimi ·