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A Civilisation Worth Defending

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If I were to wake up tomorrow and discover that the state of the world had all been a dream, I would congratulate myself on m...

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After the Ayatollah, Trump Drank the Poison

Map by NishantDuhan on Reddit. This map of the Sasanian empire — at the height of its power in 620 AD — aims to illustrate the civilizational nature of Iran as a country. This particular image is suiting since it includes what is now Yemen...

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The Concert of Hormuz

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“Iran is back in the game,” says Michel Don Michaloliákos, geopolitical analyst and co-founder of . A rabid Israel, a rudderless and receding US, and a neo-Ottoman Turkey now see th...

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"The flow of life must be controlled at its source" — Karl Polanyi

One thought from the past every so often — reflected upon briefly — because past intelligence left mothballed is present potential wasted.

Agreement is optional. Thinking is not. Take sides in the comments.

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The Eagle’s Graveyard is in the Persian Gulf

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    Elias Rutten is a philosophically inclined political economist and journalist with a Master's degree in Global Political Economy (cum laude) from Leiden University. He has written for major Dutch National Newspapers and a political party think-tank.

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    I'm a historian and columnist whose Substack is called America Explained. It's about American history, politics and foreign policy - all tied together.

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