https://www.youtube.com/live/gOxYEK8pTsw?t=164s “INTEL Roundtable: Weekly Wrap 25-SEPT” Judge Napolitano, Larry Johnson, Karen Kwiatkowski 25 September 2026 02:44 Welcome here, a pleasure, guys. Thanks very much, uh, for joining us. Larry, I have to go to you first. You just spent three weeks in Russia. You participated in, uh, academic, uh, programs. […]
Middle East
India Is Unlikely To Ever Allow Turkiye To Become A Full SCO Member
Turkiye is Pakistan’s decades-long military-technical partner, fully supports Islamabad’s approach to the Kashmir Conflict, and just entered into an official alliance with it. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told reporters after early September’s SCO leaders’ summit that his country would consider full membership in the bloc. He clarified that this […]
A Building That Was Already Dying: Why Gaza’s Collapse Deaths Keep Repeating
At least 20 people died Wednesday when a multi-story building in Gaza City collapsed onto tents housing displaced families sheltering beside it – among them at least five children. The building hadn’t failed without warning. It had already been struck by Israeli strikes earlier in the war, leaving its structure […]
The 4% Problem Or How A Single Saudi Pipeline Is Now Moving Global Oil Prices
Oil markets have spent months absorbing bad news out of the Middle East with relative composure, cushioned by the fact that the war between the US, Israel, and Iran hadn’t yet meaningfully disrupted the physical flow of crude. That cushion appears to be wearing thin. Brent crude climbed past $106 […]
Testing The Mecca Pact: Will Pakistan Declare War On The Houthis?
Pakistan’s promise to defend Saudi Arabia is becoming harder to separate from Yemen’s war. On September 18, it was reported that army chief, Asim Munir, had urged Iran to restrain the Houthis amid attacks on Saudi cities and energy infrastructure. The intervention reveals Islamabad’s immediate and practical preference: using its […]
A War 4,000 Miles Away Is Turning Off Dhaka’s Lights
Halder sets her alarm for 1am not to get ahead of the workdayangladesh-Dhaka, but because that’s the only hour when Dhaka’s gas pressure runs strong enough for her to actually cook for her family. That single detail captures something larger than one exhausted bank employee’s routine: a war between the […]
When Washington Pulls Back: Is Europe Preparing For A Post-American Order?
For decades, Europe and the United States treated their trans-Atlantic relationship as more than an alliance. It was the political infrastructure of the Western order itself. Washington provided much of the military power, Europe benefited from security and economic stability, and both sides presented a common vision of international governance […]
Hubris In Action: Netanyahu And The Warnings Of October 7
Whatever awaits him this coming November, few politicians could claim to have the endurance, bloody mindedness and sense of granite staying power than Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu. With some prowess, he has wooed, deceived, and lied his way to power, and, for the most part, stayed the course for the best […]
NATO 3.0 And Turkey’s Strategic Moment (II)
Part I For Ankara, hosting the summit carried symbolic and practical significance. Turkey has long argued that it occupies a unique strategic position linking Europe, the Middle East, the Black Sea, and the Eastern Mediterranean. Turkish officials increasingly describe this approach as a doctrine of regional responsibility, arguing that countries directly […]
The Hormuz Paradox: When “Deterrence” Fuels The Conflict It Seeks To Prevent
The latest confrontation around the Strait of Hormuz exposes a dangerous contradiction: measures intended to restore deterrence may be deepening the insecurity they promise to resolve. On September 8, Washington said it destroyed five Iranian oil tankers following missile attacks on an American warship. Tehran subsequently claimed attacks against ships […]






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