Essays March 2026

Basing U.S. Navy Vessels in the Indian Ocean: A Step Toward Long-Term Engagement

When American policymakers think of the Indo-Pacific region and the challenges it poses for U.S. security interests, it is...
JST Situation Room March 2026

Why Preventing a Nuclear Iran May Justify Regional War

https://youtu.be/DhaUtiibnC0 Can preventing a nuclear Iran justify a regional war? This is no longer a theoretical...
Essays March 2026

Turkey’s Strategic Caution on Iran
Why Ankara still sees continuity in Tehran as less dangerous than an uncertain transition

When missiles fall near Turkish territory, the expectation is usually clear: Ankara will answer with forceful rhetoric,...
JST WorldWatch March 2026

There Will Be No Energy Crisis

https://youtu.be/Efxq087YPZY Despite the headlines, the fear, and the geopolitical drama, the fundamentals remain...
Essays March 2026

There Will Be No Energy Crisis

“Oil will be coming down … it went up a little but less than we thought. It’s going to come down more than anybody...
Essays March 2026

Israel’s India Opportunity

With all eyes now on the unfolding conflict with Iran, it would be easy to ignore a very different regional development of...
Essays March 2026

How to Avoid An Accidental Nuclear War With North Korea

What Kim Jong Un says at the current Ninth Party Congress meeting will reveal whether there is an opening for nuclear...
Essays March 2026

India, Israel, and the Architecture of Interdependence

The post–Cold War unipolar order – with the United States as the unquestioned, unchallenged hegemon – is over. While the...
Essays March 2026

Josh Shapiro, Israel, and the Race for the White House

With his Iran war, or, if you prefer, excursion, President Trump is upending political debate in America on the right. The...
Book & Movie Reviews March 2026

Melania Trump
The Quiet Architecture of Reinvention

There are memoirs that simply recount events, and there are memoirs that seek to shape the meaning of a life. Melania...

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