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Oct 11 2025 
On the Silk Road to Isfahan
Judge Nap catches our roving eye nomadโpilgrim between flights to review the incendiary moment
๐ Rock’n Roll Geopolitics:
โญ ๐บ๐ธ๐ท๐บRYABKOV UNPLUGGED“We have a certain building of relations, which has cracked, which is collapsing – the Americans are to blame for this. Now the cracks have reached the foundation. I think it’s easier to destroy than to build.… Continue reading
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Oct 08 2025 
Apocalypse in Gulf is now or never
Viewed as a global strategy, Russia is performing a balancing act here, intently testing the US-imposed โrules-based systemโ in West Asia. By boosting military ties with Iran, Russia underscores that the post-World War international order defined by a โrules-based systemโ has become an aberration..
By Ambassador MK Bhadrakumar at the Deccan Herald.
An uneasy calm has settled… Continue reading
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Jul 21 2025 
Iran’s Grand Strategy โ Vali Nasr
โEither the U.S. lets Iran become nuclear, or the U.S. has to engage diplomatically.โ
In this interview, Negar Razavi speaks with @vali_nasr about his new book, Iran’s Grand Strategy: A Political History โ and the choices ahead for U.S. foreign policy.
It was pleasure to speak with Security in Context on my book Iranโs Grand Strategy https://t.co/7By3bceGnS
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Jul 16 2025 
The Cradle Three
Regional Discussion: Middle East – West Asia
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Jun 23 2025 
Sovereignty Under Siege
Iran, the West, and the Illusion of Choice. The war launched by the United States and Israel inflicted not only physical damage, but ideological clarity; Tehran is turning to a posture of permanent resistance.
By Elijah J. Magnier on Twitter (X).
Iran appears unwavering in its resolve to retaliate in the face of the ongoing U.S.-Israeli war.… Continue reading
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May 31 2025 
The Jig is Up
Americaโs military humiliation: the Houthis exposed its waning power.
By Malcom Kyeyune at UnHerd.
When, in reaction to the war in Gaza, the Houthis of Yemen started imposing their blockade on the Red Sea, it was seen as a sure sign of waning American power: a global hegemon was allowing its control over a vital sea route… Continue reading
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May 20 2025 
A Roving Persian Glance
The coming Anglo-Zionist Messianic Storm
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Apr 21 2025 
The Houthis & Yemen: A History (and brought forward from a year ago)
Guest: Shireen Al-Adeimi is a non-resident fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft and assistant professor of language and literacy at Michigan State Universityโs College of Education.
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An eloquent short historical profile of the Ansarullah movement by a fair critic from south Yemen. She is from Aden, the traditional rival… Continue reading
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Apr 07 2025 
The Middle-East/West Asia wars are continually escalating
Current local time Jerusalem:ย https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/israel/jerusalem
Previous thread: https://sovereignista.com/2025/03/19/the-middle-east-west-asia-wars-are-escalating/
Apr 13
Ansar Allah military spokesman: Over the past two weeks, Ansar Allah has downed four American drones, Houthi military spokesman Yahya Saree said. The latest MQ-9 Reaper was reportedly shot down with a domestically made surface-to-air missile in Yemenโs Hajjah Governorate. According to official sources, the… Continue reading
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Apr 01 2025 
Hold My Beer
The bomber is NOT always going to get through. Several of them are going to end up in flaming debris on Iranian mountainsides.
By William Schryver at imetatronink.
Ok, right up front I want to make it clear that this post is simply an extended riff on the same theme I have been fixed upon in my… Continue reading
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Mar 22 2025 
Geography
If the US is foolish enough to start a big war against Iran .. geography is the indomitable god of war.
By William Schryver at imetatronink.
So the US is sendingย Carrier Strike Group One (CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson)ย to the Middle East, leavingย CSG-5 (CVN-73 USS George Washington)ย to “hold the fort” in the western Pacific from the semi-safe environs… Continue reading
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Feb 25 2025 
The funeral that sealed Hezbollahโs unbreakable covenant
Hassan Nasrallahโs funeral in Beirut became a powerful testament to the enduring spirit of resistance, as millions gathered to honor his memory amidst the wreckage left by the Israeli aggression in south Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
Despite the destruction and constant threats, the resolute defiance of the people… Continue reading -
Feb 11 2025 
Keep on Trumpinโ
Either Ukraine surrenders unconditionally โ or the war show must go on. Meanwhile, letโs Keep on Trumpinโ.
By Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture Foundation.
Mr. Disco Infernoย has reverted to his default mode of throwing tantrum after tantrum because nearly everybody in West Asia and beyond is sayinโ NO to the Gaza Riviera Resort and Casino scam.
Hereโs a… Continue reading
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Feb 08 2025 
In Valdai, confronting the โAmerican problemโ in West Asia
While Trump runs riot with his global land grab projects, multipolar visionaries in Valdai were mapping out the actual, tangible territorial routes that will define this century’s geopolitics and geoeconomics.
By Pepe Escobar at The Cradle.
MOSCOW โ The 14thย Middle East Conference of the Valdai Club in Moscow was hit by a geopolitical bunker buster bomb right… Continue reading
