JST Situation Room
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November 2025
Recent Articles
The Impact of Middle East Upheaval on Ukraine
The geopolitical landscape of February 2026 is marked by overlapping conflicts, and a potential war between the United States and Iran would have profound consequences for the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Tensions in the Middle East have already reached dangerous levels, with U.S. military assets concentrated in the region and nuclear negotiations hanging by a thread. […]
What Led to the Strikes in Iran: Israel and the New Strategic Reality in the Middle East
With the combined American and Israeli strikes against Iran on 28 February 2026 the Middle East has entered a new strategic phase. Military operations, in this respect, were the continuation of events during the past two and a half years — from October 7 onward — which have not merely reshaped tactical realities; they have […]
Putin’s Imperial Strategy Through the Eyes of Eka Tkeshelashvili
In this conversation with Jacob Heilbrunn, Eka Tkeshelashvili—former Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia and senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund—offers a strategic reading of Russia’s trajectory from 2008 to today.She argues that the war against Georgia was not an isolated conflict, but Putin’s first “test run” — a calibrated experiment in using force against […]
