> Hegemony >

.

24-3-12 Rise and Fall of British Power - Caspian > .

> DUHstardly >>   > MAGAtry >> 

> > Xina > >

24-11-2 Michael Beckley: End of Xina’s Rise & [Risk to] Global Order | AEI > .

> Iran >

> Afghanistan >>  >> Afghanistan >>>

24-6-21 [Aghanistan Conflicts: Tribalism, Water Conflict, Georivalry] - Real > .

> Arab Militaries >>

24-8-29 Detailed Analysis: Why Arabs Lose Wars - Magical > .

> Border Issues >>

24-2-10 Borders: Some Countries Are Nearly Impossible to Escape - Map > .

> Ċold Ŵar 2 >>

24-6-6 Niall Ferguson: 2024 Crisis, Conflict, New Axis of Evil | IQ2 > .

23-8-5 New Ċold Ŵar? With Robert Kaplan | Intelligence Squared > .

> HHHI-I Wars >> >> H-I War >>> & > XIR >>

24-10-26 [Islamist MENAce: Iran vs Israel & Arabs] - Spaniel > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-8-5  Israel ⇔ Iran Brink of War? - Caspian > . skip > .

24-8-5 Israel-Hezbollah War Appears Imminent | Warographics > .

24-7-30 Is Israel-Hezbollah War Inevitable? - gtbt > .

24-7-27 Iran Threatens Mediterranean Naval Campaign; Hezbollah v Cyprus | TBN > .

24-5-25 Motive Behind Irans Failed April 14th Aerial Assault on Israel | TBN > .

24-4-16 [XIR] Iran's use of [terrorist] proxies to [harm] USA and Israel - Caspian > .

23-10-19 BRI, Hamas fit into XiXiP's Middle East [NoXious] strategy - Lei > .

23-10-19 [R-U & NoXious XIR Axis behind Hamas atrocities] - DiD > .

> Hamas ~ Hezbollah >>

> Hamiganda >>  > Islamist Threat >>  

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-6-1 [Hamiganda] Digital DISinformation & Weakist Antisemitism | TBN > .

> Hezbollah >>

24-9-4 Iran and Israel's Long and Complicated History | Quillette > .

24-8-27 History Of Hezbollah - Party Of Allah | Lebanon Doc | Hikma > .

24-8-26 [Hezbollah: Inside Iran: Proxy war of Theocranks] | ABC Aus > .

24-8-5  Israel ⇔ Iran Brink of War? - Caspian > . skip > .

24-8-5 Israel-Hezbollah War Appears Imminent | Warographics > .

24-7-30 Is Israel-Hezbollah War Inevitable? - gtbt > .

24-7-27 Iran Threatens Mediterranean Naval Campaign; Hezbollah v Cyprus | TBN > .

24-7-1 Israel [might] launch ground invasion of Lebanon - Caspian > .

> Houthis >>   > Red Sea, Persian Gulf >>   > Yemen >>   

24-12-19 IDF Spox. Regarding Israeli Strikes on Houthi Targets - IDF > .

> HME - History of MENA >>

> IDF~XIR >>

24-10-16 [Targets: How Israel could punish Iran - Binkov > .

24-4-25 Iran's Missile/Drone Attack; Israel's Defense - AiTelly > .

24-3-8 [Middle Eastern Militaries | Israel vs Arab States] - Binkov > .

23-11-17 IDF - Highly Effective Military & Innovative Kit | Mail > .

> Indian Ocean >>

 24-5-2 Drone Attack on Bulker Cyclades | Ship Attacks in Indian Ocean - Shipping > .

> Iran~ >>  > Iran - Allies, Enemies >>

24-11-13 Why Iran Wants to Assassinate Bully-in-Cheat - AiTelly > .

24-10-26 [Islamist MENAce: Iran vs Israel & Arabs] - Spaniel > .

24-10-16 [Targets: How Israel could punish Iran - Binkov > .

24-9-4 Iran and Israel's Long and Complicated History | Quillette > .

24-7-26 [Sudan & Iran: Al-Bashir Overthrown ⇉ Warring Warlords] - Cogito > .

> Iran, XIR >> Axis of Envious Resentment 

24-10-26 [Islamist MENAce: Iran vs Israel & Arabs] - Spaniel > .

24-9-4 Iran and Israel's Long and Complicated History | Quillette > .

24-8-26 [Hezbollah: Inside Iran: Proxy war of Theocranks] | ABC Aus > .

24-8-25 [Iran: Geography & Military] Hard to Defeat - Caspian > .  

24-7-30 Is Israel-Hezbollah War Inevitable? - gtbt > .

24-7-27 Iran Threatens Mediterranean Naval Campaign; Hezbollah v Cyprus | TBN > .

24-7-26 [Sudan & Iran: Al-Bashir Overthrown ⇉ Warring Warlords] - Cogito > .

24-6-21 Iran's Islamist War vs Israel & West | Dr. Mordechai Kedar | TBN > .

24-6-12 [Raisi, water, Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Ruscia, Turkey] | gtbt > . 

24-6-11 Iran & XIR Aligning Against Israel & West | Jonathan Spyer | TBN > .

24-6-6 Niall Ferguson: 2024 Crisis, Conflict, New Axis of Evil | IQ2 > .

24-6-3 Islamic Terrorists: Alliance c Ruscia & Drug Cartels - Kyiv Post > .

24-5-25 Motive Behind Irans Failed April 14th Aerial Assault on Israel | TBN > .

24-5-24 Brutal and bloody career of Iranian President Raisi | ABC Aus > .       

24-5-23 [Iranian power vacuum after Raisi's accidental death] - Caspian > .

24-5-21 Погиб президент Ирана | Raisi Dead | Impact? (subs) - Katz > .

24-5-20 Impact of xIr President Raisi's demise on ME & globe - Spaniel > .

24-5-20 Accident, Not Assassination Ends Iranian President Raisi || PZ > . 

24-5-20 Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi killed in helicopter crash | BBC > .

24-5-19 [Iranian Religionism]: How NOT to run a country - hoser > . skip > .

24-5-19 [Fingers crossed] Iranian President & Foreign Minister  chopper crash - 4 > .

24-4-25 Iran's Missile/Drone Attack; Israel's Defense - AiTelly > .

24-4-16 [XIR] Iran's use of [terrorist] proxies to [harm] USA and Israel - Caspian > .

24-3-28 5 reasons Iran is involved in so many global conflicts - BBC > .

24-3-9 Iranian Navy Ships | Iranian catamaran corvette Shahid Soleimani - AiTelly > .

24-3-8 [Middle Eastern Militaries | Israel vs Arab States] - Binkov > .

24-3-6 Could the Mossad Have Stopped Iran? | Unpacked > .

24-3-5 Alliance Between Venezuela and Iran - IDF > .

24-2-20 Roots of Iran’s Anger Against America - Context Matters > .

24-2-4 Iran would lose a war with the United States | Michael Clarke - Times > .

24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .

23-11-5 [XIR] Corrupt, Sanctioned Iran's Military, Proxies, Power Projection - Perun > .

23-10-12 Killing Civilians: The New Normal | Wonder Land: WSJ > .

23-6-3 Iraq, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah - Invasion +20 Years - gtbt > .

23-5-30 Ruscia, Xina, Iran - Authoritarian Alliances vs Populations > .

23-5-2 Why Iran is Helping Ruscia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Real > .

Iranian Military

24-9-30 Iranian Military: Israel Shouldn’t Underestimate It - Warographics > .

Iran-Israel Conflict 

24-10-16 [Targets: How Israel could punish Iran - Binkov > .

Iran-Israel Conflict - αλλο >> .    

 > Iraq >> 

24-8-30 [Potential Impacts of Iraq-Turkey 'Development Road'] - Caspian > .

> Islamist Threat >>   > Hamiganda >> 

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-7-27 Iran Threatens Mediterranean Naval Campaign; Hezbollah v Cyprus | TBN > .

24-7-26 [Sudan & Iran: Al-Bashir Overthrown ⇉ Warring Warlords] - Cogito > .

24-6-21 Iran's Islamist War vs Israel & West | Dr. Mordechai Kedar | TBN > .

24-6-11 Iran & XIR Aligning Against Israel & West | Jonathan Spyer | TBN > .

24-6-3 Islamic Terrorists: Alliance c Ruscia & Drug Cartels - Kyiv Post > .

24-6-1 [Hamiganda] Digital DISinformation & Weakist Antisemitism | TBN > .

> Mindsets >>

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

> NoXious World Order >>

23-10-12 Killing Civilians: The New Normal | Wonder Land: WSJ > .

> Persian Corridor >> Persian Corridor - Armor >> . 

24-7-30 Is Israel-Hezbollah War Inevitable? - gtbt > .

24-2-20 Roots of Iran’s Anger Against America - Context Matters > .

23-5-30 Ruscia, Xina, Iran - Authoritarian Alliances vs Populations > .

23-5-2 Iran, India, Persian Corridor, Ruscia - Real > .

23-4-3 Ruscia and Iran join forces with India - Caspian > .

23-2-9 Ruscia, Iran, India Want Persian Corridor 2.0 - gtbt > . skip scam > .

> Religionist Extremism >>

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

Saudi Arabia 

24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .

> Strategy >>

Sudan 

24-7-26 [Sudan & XIR: Al-Bashir Overthrown ⇉ Warring Warlords] - Cogito > .

24-4-16 Sudan: the Proxy War the World is Ignoring - Waro > .

Syria 

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

23-7-25 Why US Troops Fought Wagner Mercenaries in Syria - T&P > .

UAE - United Arab Emirates ..  

24-7-26 [Sudan & UAE: Al-Bashir Overthrown ⇉ Warring Warlords] - Cogito > .

24-3-16 MBZ & UAE - thriving in a dangerous world - Caspian > .

Water Conflict 

23-9-14 Iran and Afghanistan headed to war over water? - Caspian > .

> XIR >>

24-9-28 [XIR: Ruscia's New Axis of Upheaval/Disorder/Envious Resentment] - Real > .

> Iran, XIR >

.

> Iran >>  > Iran~ >>  > Iran - Allies, Enemies >>   >> Iran, XIR >>>

24-5-24 Brutal and bloody career of Iranian President Raisi | ABC Aus > .       

24-5-23 [Iranian power vacuum after Raisi's accidental death] - Caspian > .

24-4-16 [XIR] Iran's use of [terrorist] proxies to [harm] USA and Israel - Caspian > .

...

24-4-15 Iran, Drones, and DISinformation - McBeth > .

24-4-15 Iran's attack on Israel was [cowardly] 'Kinetic Diplomacy' - Sandboxx > .

24-4-15 Iran Attacks Israel, Sort Of... || Peter Zeihan > .

...

24-4-14 Iran's Missile and Drone Attack on Israel: How Conflict Escalated | WSJ > .

24-4-14 Иран атаковал Израиль | Iran attacked Israel (subs) - Katz > .

24-4-14 Iran ATTACKS Israel: Launches Over 200 Drones and Missiles | TBN > .

24-4-14 "Age of immunity for Iran's head is over" - Naftali Bennett > .

24-4-14 Israel: 'it's not over yet' | Iran launched 1st direct attack - SBS > .

...

24-4-13 Iran launches 1st-ever direct drone strikes on Israel | SBS > .

24-4-13 Iran Exposed Its True Face - IDF > .

24-4-13 Iran Attacks: Exoatmospheric Intercept of Iranian Missile by Arrow 3 > .

24-4-13 Iran Launches Missile and Drone Attack on Israel - Ward Carroll > .

24-4-13 Deep Intel on Iran's Imminent Strike on Israel - Ward Carroll > .

24-4-13 More on April 13, 2024 | US shoots down Iranian drones - Global > .

24-4-13 LIVE: US, Israel intercept drones, missiles from Iran attack | NBC > .

...

24-3-28 5 reasons Iran is involved in so many global conflicts - BBC > .

24-3-9 Iranian Navy Ships | Iranian catamaran corvette Shahid Soleimani - AiTelly > .

24-3-8 [Middle Eastern Militaries | Israel vs Arab States] - Binkov > .

24-3-6 Could the Mossad Have Stopped Iran? | Unpacked > .

24-3-5 Alliance Between Venezuela and Iran - IDF > .

24-2-20 Roots of Iran’s Anger Against America - Context Matters > .

24-2-4 Iran would lose a war with the United States | Michael Clarke - Times > .

24-1-26 Saudi Arabia's Catastrophic "Iran" Problem - Hindsight > .

23-11-5 [XIR] Corrupt, Sanctioned Iran's Military, Proxies, Power Projection - Perun > .

23-10-12 Killing Civilians: The New Normal | Wonder Land: WSJ > .

23-6-3 Iraq, Iran, Syria, Hezbollah - Invasion +20 Years - gtbt > .

23-5-30 Ruscia, Xina, Iran - Authoritarian Alliances vs Populations > .

23-5-2 Why Iran is Helping Ruscia’s Invasion of Ukraine - Real > .

> Arab Militaries >>

24-8-29 Detailed Analysis: Why Arabs Lose Wars - Magical > .

> HME - History of MENA >>

>> Iran, XIR >>>

Iran-Israel Conflict - αλλο >> .

Iran ⟺ Israel 2024 - Present Tense >> .

H-I War | Hamas⇔Israel - αλλο >> .

> Mindsets >

Arab Mindset 

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-8-29 Detailed Analysis: Why Arabs Lose Wars - Magical > . 

> Authoritarianism >>  ASPD, LWA, RWA, SDO

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-10-19 [Jude Blanchette (CSIS) Article - Xi Jinping Thought] - Update > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-6-11 Iran & XIR Aligning Against Israel & West | Jonathan Spyer | TBN > .

24-6-6 Niall Ferguson: 2024 Crisis, Conflict, New Axis of Evil | IQ2 > .

24-5-25 Why We Cannot [Easily] Stop Dictators - Versed > . 

> China / Xina >>  > ImploXion 2024 >>

24-10-19 [Jude Blanchette (CSIS) Article - Xi Jinping Thought] - Update > .

24-8-9 Xina Under Xi: From Personal Struggle to Systemic Despair - Digging > .

24-6-6 Niall Ferguson: 2024 Crisis, Conflict, New Axis of Evil | IQ2 > .

24-6-5 [Xit GPT: AI Devolution = Ideological Indoctrination] | Digging > .

24-5-26 Mindset of Xina - Century of Humiliation & Recovery -  Cold War Doc > .

17-9-11 Understanding the Chinese mindset - CaspianReport > . 

Five Arts of Controlling the People - Lord Shang ..

Woof Whiner Dicklomacy ..

Criminality →   > Crimes & Lies >>  > Criminal Attitudes >> 

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-10-7 Konstantin Kisin Off the Fence About Israel’s War - Triggernometry > .

24-7-19 [XIR] How Democracies Fail: Anne Applebaum & Sam Harris > .

> Democracies >>

24-7-19 [XIR] How Democracies Fail: Anne Applebaum & Sam Harris > .

> Fiendish >>

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-10-7 Konstantin Kisin Off the Fence About Israel’s War - Triggernometry > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-7-19 [XIR] How Democracies Fail: Anne Applebaum & Sam Harris > .

24-6-6 Niall Ferguson: 2024 Crisis, Conflict, New Axis of Evil | IQ2 > .

German Mindset     

18-6-6 Understanding the German mindset - CaspianReport > .

> Hamiganda >>  > Islamist Threat >>  

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-10-7 Konstantin Kisin Off the Fence About Israel’s War - Triggernometry > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-6-21 Iran's Islamist War vs Israel & West | Dr. Mordechai Kedar | TBN > .

24-6-11 Iran & XIR Aligning Against Israel & West | Jonathan Spyer | TBN > .

24-6-1 [Hamiganda] Digital DISinformation & Weakist Antisemitism | TBN > .

23-10-23 What Hamas REALLY Wants - Sam Harris - Triggernometry > .

20-7-16 What do jihadists want? Sam Harris (atheist) reads their magazine > .

20-6-14 Origins of the Muslim Brotherhood - CaspianReport > .

18-4-5 Sam Harris 2018 - ISIS, What Do Jihadists Really Want? > . 

18-1-12 Muslim Brotherhood Exposed By A Former Member - Journeyman > .

16-8-29 Sam Harris: What Jihadists Really Want (Dabiq Magazine) > .
16-8-17 What ISIS Really Wants | Sam Harris > .

1968-4-20 Enoch Powell "Rivers of Blood" Speech - Toronto M > .

> Hezbollah >> > Iran - Allies, Enemies >> > Lebanon >>

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-9-4 Iran and Israel's Long and Complicated History | Quillette > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-8-26 [Hezbollah: Inside Iran: Proxy war of Theocranks] | ABC Aus > .

24-7-30 Is Israel-Hezbollah War Inevitable? - gtbt > .

24-7-1 Israel [might] launch ground invasion of Lebanon - Caspian > .

Innovation ⟺ Obedience

24-6-3 [X's industrial policy, systemic weakness impair innovation] - Update > .

> Iran - Allies, Enemies >>  > Iran >>  > Iran~ >> 

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-9-4 Iran and Israel's Long and Complicated History | Quillette > .

24-8-25 [Iran: Geography & Military] Hard to Defeat - Caspian > .  

> Islamist Threat >> 

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-10-7 Konstantin Kisin Off the Fence About Israel’s War - Triggernometry > . 

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-7-30 Is Israel-Hezbollah War Inevitable? - gtbt > .

24-7-6 [Hamas's XIR-supplied weapons for genocidal terrorism] - TBN > .

> LWA - Left Wing Authoritarianism >> 

24-10-19 [Jude Blanchette (CSIS) Article - Xi Jinping Thought] - Update > .

> MAGAtry >>

24-8-6 Anne Applebaum: XIR & Autocracy “Infecting US Politics” | A&Co > .

> Nazism >>

> Political Affiliation >>

> Religionist Extremism >>

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-10-7 Konstantin Kisin Off the Fence About Israel’s War - Triggernometry > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

Ruscian Mindset 

24-8-9 [Popadantsi - Ruscian Imperialist Domestic Pulp Fiction] - Adam S > .

24-6-21 [P00ti & Ruscism: paranoid, submissive, bitter, obdurately deluded] | SiCu > .

24-6-7 [Desperate P00paganda: Thugmouths Threaten West] Risk? | OSW > .

22-11-22 Why Russia cannot become a democracy - CaspianReport > .

21-7-20 Why Russia wants to restore the Soviet borders - CaspianReport > .

14-4-1 Understanding the Russian mindset - CaspianReport > .

Maskirovka - Маскировка ..

Orcine Atrocities 2023 ..

> Russo-Xina Axis >>

24-8-20 Can America and China [post-Xi] be Friends Again? - gtbt > .

24-7-15 Xina is 'masterful' at getting what they need from P00ti | Frontline > .

24-7-4 [P00pet+Xi + -Stans -Modious] SCO - Update > .

24-6-19 Ruscia Ceding Land to Xina (future of Siberia) | Warburg > . 

24-6-6 Niall Ferguson: 2024 Crisis, Conflict, New Axis of Evil | IQ2 > .

21-1-8 Unpacking the China-Russia alliance - CaspianReport > .

> RWA - Right Wing Authoritarianism >>

24-12-18 Understanding SYRIA (vs foolishly optimistic media); IRAN next - Oren > .

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

Soviet Mindset    

Homo Sovieticus ..

Komsomol, post-WW2 ..

Turkish Mindset 

22-8-11 Neo-Ottomanism: Turkey's Dream of Power - gtbt > .

21-6-27 Turkey's Grand Strategy - Superpower in the Making - gtbt > .

18-2-28 Understanding the Turkish mindset - CaspianReport > . 

> Unwanted Immigrants >>

24-12-13 [Geert Wilders Warned of Islamist Societal Dysfunction] - Hindsight > .

24-8-31 Ex-Muslim Speaks Out Against Radical Islam | Rawan Osman | TBN > .

24-7-12 Why France no longer wants [Muslim] immigrants - VisPol > .

USA vs Ruscia 

19-5-20 What makes Russia and the United States rivals - CaspianReport > .

> Weakism >>

> NATO Alliance >

23-10-8 West's Commitment to the Defeat of Ruscia? - K&G > .

23-9-23 Erdoğan's Turkey is NATO's Biggest Internal Problem - Real > .

23-6-19 Inside NATO’s Bizarre Unanimity Membership Rule - Spaniel > .
23-6-13 NATO IAMD | NATO Integrated Air and Missile Defence > .

> Finland >>

24-4-26 How Finland Has Become [Almost] Impossible to Invade - Icarus > .

> Hybrid War >>

24-1-27 NATO-Russia war: Can it really happen? - Anders > .

24-1-27 If Russia Attacks, is Europe Ready? Fear of War - U24 > .

> NATO Membership >> > N Militaries >>> N Politics >> > NATO~R >>

24-4-4 NATO - Largest military alliance in world | DW Doc > .

24-4-2 NATO Free Riding; [DJT's Stupidity re] Collective Defense - Spaniel > .

24-3-8 Ukraine | Time for NATO Troops? - Prof J K-L > .

24-2-16 United States | No More NATO? - Prof J K-L > .

> Strategy >>

> UN >>

23-11-15 Multilateral Disorder - [NoXious] World (Dis) Order 5 - Stubb - STG > .

Weapons Development 

23-8-25 Design, economics, threats - new Anglo-Japanese fighter - Binkov > . skip > .

>> National Forces >>>
>> NATO >>>

>> Military Costs >>>