I want to be upfront about something before I get into this, which is that I did not expect to be writing a post defending Israel from the United States, of all configurations, and I am writing it anyway, because what I am seeing happen right now bothers me enough that I am willing toContinue reading “My Red Line: The United States Should Not Be Threatening Israel With Bombs, and I Don’t Care Who That Makes Me Sound Like”
Tag Archives: Middle East conflict
The Strait of Hormuz Cannot Stop Opening and Closing, and Neither Can the War It Sits Inside
If you have spent the last several months trying to track whether the Strait of Hormuz is open or closed, you are not confused because you are bad at following news, you are confused because the situation itself has been built, almost mechanically, to resist a stable answer. It opens, it closes, it opens aContinue reading “The Strait of Hormuz Cannot Stop Opening and Closing, and Neither Can the War It Sits Inside”
Pax Chinacana
Thereās a phrase that has defined global power for decades: Pax Americana. A Latin term meaning āAmerican Peace,ā it describes the era of global order shaped largely by the United States after World War II. Not peace in the purest sense, but a system where America sat at the centerāmilitarily, economically, culturally, diplomatically. Whether countriesContinue reading “Pax Chinacana”
Universities Need to Rethink Riyadh Campuses in a Region on Edge
There is something deeply unsettling about watching geopolitical escalation unfold and then realizing it intersects directly with institutions you once trusted. I am not going to name the college I graduated from. That is not the point. The point is this: if a university operates a campus in Riyadh, and Iran is actively retaliating againstContinue reading “Universities Need to Rethink Riyadh Campuses in a Region on Edge”
Yemen, Sovereignty, and the Moral Failure of Silence: Israelās Deadly Escalation
On August 30, 2025, the world witnessed an act of extraordinary aggression: the assassination of Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi in an Israeli airstrike on the capital, Sanaa. This strike, which Israel confirms targeted a āsenior official responsible for terror actions,ā was carried out during a routine government workshop by the Houthi-led administration, a settingContinue reading “Yemen, Sovereignty, and the Moral Failure of Silence: Israelās Deadly Escalation”