Analysis

What Lebanon Is: The Architecture of Powerlessness

The gap between Nawaf Salam’s credentials and his actual authority is not personal failure. It is built into the Taif Agreement, compounded by three decades of institutional underfunding and the armed realities of 2026.

Jun 11, 2026 6 min read

Analysis

The Enemy in the Stadium

Iran’s national football team landed in Tijuana on Sunday and plays in Los Angeles on June 15. The United States and Iran have been at war since February. The visa decisions, the commercial logic of FIFA and the July 3 scenario reveal what American global power actually is.

Analysis

The Liability State

Trump confirmed he called Netanyahu ‘fucking crazy.’ The IDF chief said there is no ceasefire for Israeli forces. Netanyahu continued operations as planned. The US has decided it cannot afford to discipline its ally — and Israel’s far right has built its strategy on that knowledge.

Analysis

Modi's India: Vishwaguru Abroad, Bulldozers Back Home

Modi sells Gandhi's legacy and Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam at every international podium. At home BJP MPs call Gandhi's assassin a patriot and bulldozers demolish Muslim homes. The export version of India cannot survive a single unscripted question.

Analysis

Refugees the West Made

The displacement crisis the West calls a refugee problem began in Berlin in 1884. It ran through the Nakba, the Cold War and the War on Terror. The bill has been presented many times by the people paying it. The West has never paid.

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