JST WorldWatch February 2026

Iran and the Limits of U.S. Diplomacy

https://youtu.be/mTAoRw89-J0 The American approach rests on incentives, integration, and long-term stability. The...
Essays February 2026

Why Trump’s Charm Offensive in Japan Worked

Your Sunday probably wasn’t as good as Sanae Takaichi’s. The Japanese prime minister romped to victory in her country’s...
JST Situation Room February 2026

Yemen and the Architecture of Destabilization

https://youtu.be/M3u2FV0Ry44 Yemen has quietly become a testing ground—measuring how far hybrid actors can go in...
Editorials February 2026

Iran, Time, and the Test of Diplomacy

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s arrival in Washington this week is not a routine diplomatic engagement. It comes at a...
THE JST INTERVIEW February 2026

Wolfgang Pordzik: Why Germany’s Transatlantic Certainties Are Eroding

https://youtu.be/yiuMY4ugWM4 In this conversation with Jacob Heilbrunn, Wolfgang Pordzik, Former EVP – DH, reflects on...
Essays February 2026

The Case for Foreign Intervention in Iran

As with many contemporary challenges, the case for foreign intervention in Iran has a clear precedent: NATO’s intervention...
Essays February 2026

Leading Humanity to the Stars Through US-Israel Partnership 

Israel has emerged as a beacon of innovation, from drip irrigation sustaining arid lands to cybersecurity fortifying...
Editorials February 2026

Yemen Is Not a Gulf Rivalry—It Is a Test of Whether Extremism Can Be Contained

For years, Yemen has been misread in Washington and beyond as a peripheral conflict driven primarily by Gulf rivalries,...
Essays February 2026

Iran Faces Mass Atrocities; Iranians Fight for Their Renaissance

Mass killings, foreign militias, and post-mortem extortion reveal a crimes-against-humanity logic the world can no longer...
Essays February 2026

A Key to Greenland’s Future Development 

The Inter-American Development Bank should be central to the next chapter of Greenland’s development, with US backing. The...

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