The Mercenary Diplomat
Naman Karl-Thomas HabtomArmed only with thoughts and questions on what the world should look like.
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Iran war shows perils of America's Mideast bases
Originally published in Responsible Statecraft on March 18, 2026.
U.S. military bases in the Middle East have served as a key launchpad for American attacks on Iran. But they’ve also served as a vulnerable target for retaliation. In...
Does Speaking Spanish Make a Country More Peaceful? A Critique of Democratic Peace Theory
Who do you think would have been more likely to occupy a Spanish-speaking neighbour, democratically elected US president Woodrow Wilson or Paraguay’s strongman military dictator Alfredo Stroessner? Hint: not the guy in the military uniform....
Now Is Europe’s Opportunity to Reach Out to Russia
Russia-EU summit in Yekaterinburg, 2013
The ongoing deterioration of transatlantic ties due to President Donald Trump’s desire to take Greenland along with the US seizure of a Russian-flagged vessel in international waters has accidentally...
Security Guarantees by Proxy: The Incompatibility of European Commitments to Ukraine and the US Role in NATO
Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash
As competing peace proposals change hands and negotiators meet to discuss an end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the issue of security guarantees remains a sticking point. While the Trump Administratio...
Do we need a treaty on neutrality?
This article was originally published on 15 September 2025 in Responsible Statecraft.
In an era of widespread use of economic sanctions, dual-use technology exports, and hybrid warfare, the boundary between peacetime and wartime has become...
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Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Completed a PhD in history at the University of Cambridge. Interested in all things war and peace. Armed only with thoughts and questions on what the world should look like.
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