Briefings. Notes. Clues.
Because diplomacy rarely leaves fingerprints
but always leaves traces.
Concert of Powers – Why the World Isn’t Multipolar but Fragmented
I. Introduction: From Yalta to YouTube Diplomacy We are not living in a multipolar world order. We are living among the ruins of its promises. The usual analytical vocabulary – “liberal order,” “rules-based system,” “Westphalian
Gold Dust Over Graves
How Latin America is Burying Its Future It’s a curious blend of naivety and theatre when Western media suddenly “discover” that illegal gold mining is taking place in Peru — as if it were breaking
Command Without Community – The New Art of Western Power
An air war without mandate. A summit without consequence. Israel strikes, the U.S. follows. NATO celebrates itself. Welcome to the post-consensus world. 1. Three Dates, One Pattern June 13: Israel bombs Iranian targets deep inside
The Age of Tactical Alliances — What Comes After Loyalty?
Diplomacy didn’t die. It just stopped believing in fairy tales. As the NATO summit in The Hague (June 24–25, 2025) approaches, the optics are in place—flags fluttering, podiums staged, declarations rehearsed. But the real diplomacy
Victory’s Price — Netanyahu’s Faustian Pact with Trump
He got the war he wanted—but not the control. When the bunker-busting bombs dropped on Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, a decades-old Israeli wish was fulfilled—not by Tel Aviv, but by Washington. Under Trump’s command, America
The War That Wants to Happen and Just Did
1. The Illusion Dies First Wars used to start with declarations. Now they begin with deniability, misdirection, and carefully worded truths. The emerging war between Israel and Iran—with the United States now fully engaged—is not
The Rules of Retaliation
Israel, Iran, and the End of Strategic Ambiguity 1. Act One: The Unwritten Rulebook For decades, the Middle East has operated under a brutal yet oddly stable formula: provoke, deny, retaliate, and contain. Israel hit
Elegantly Undone: How Democracies Collapse in Silence
“The velvet autocrat doesn’t break laws. He writes new ones.” Democracy, as it turns out, does not need to be shot in the street. It can be chloroformed quietly in its sleep – no blood,
Can the West Still Learn?
