When Israeli forces struck Hamas leaders in Doha, they did not merely eliminate a few operatives; they violated the territory of a US-aligned ally, upended Qatar’s delicate role as mediator, and signaled that even the most carefully maintained diplomatic spaces in the Gulf are now battlefields.
In Europe today, an old strategic dilemma has resurfaced with an urgency unseen since the Cold War. Russia’s war in Ukraine is not merely a contest over territory, nor even a struggle for the future of one state. It has become, above all, a laboratory for deterrence itself. Yet, European capitals face a brutal question: …
Europe faces a strategic reckoning. Russia’s war in Ukraine has brought conflict to the continent’s doorstep, while the return of Donald Trump to the White House has made the transatlantic alliance uncertain. At the center of this crisis sits Britain: militarily essential to NATO, cautiously re-engaging with the EU, yet constrained by domestic politics and …
Germany’s recent move of halting the export of certain weapons to Israel to prevent their potential use in the Gaza Strip conveys a radical shift in its state policy. The move comes on the heels of Israel’s plan to expand military operations in the besieged territory.
