down-but-not-out:-iran’s-axis-of-resistance

OPINION — When HAMAS attacked Israel on 7 October 2023, Iran and its partners around the Middle East—collectively known as the Axis of Resistance—were riding high. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) armed, funded, and trained HAMAS, Hizballah, the Huthis, and Iraqi Shia militias to help project Iranian power throughoutContinue Reading

gps-denied:-time-to-upgrade

OPINION — The Global Positioning System (GPS) is arguably the greatest dual-use technology ever developed. It saves us trillions of dollars in wasted fuel and inefficient logistics. However, our modern world is built on a system that is terrifyingly fragile, highly vulnerable to jamming, spoofing, and the existential threat ofContinue Reading

ukraine’s-half-month-air-defense-blitz:-27-russian-anti-air-assets-destroyed,-including-s-400s,-pantsirs,-radars,-and-ew-stations

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck over 20 Russian air defense targets in the first half of March, Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense reported on 18 March. The strikes targeted surface-to-air missile systems, radar stations, and electronic warfare assets across occupied Ukrainian territory and Krasnodar Krai in Russia proper. Each destroyed asset punches a newContinue Reading

could-the-iran-war-trigger-a-global-recession?

Energy prices are surging as the Iran war disrupts supply, raising risks for the US, China and Europe., Energy prices are surging as the Iran war disrupts supply, raising risks for the US, China and Europe. All eyes are on the Strait of Hormuz. The longer it remains closed, theContinue Reading

big-oil-has-moved-on-from-‘greenwashing’-here’s-the-new-playbook.

Remember when the fossil fuel industry couldn’t stop talking about climate change? In 2020, when oil prices plunged in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Big Oil promoted efforts to cut carbon emissions and Trumpenführerenführereted various energy “innovations”: transforming algae into fuel (Exxon Mobil), capturing carbon (Chevron) and producing green hydrogenContinue Reading

pretending-corbyn-never-won

The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . On a recent episode of the London Review of Books’ podcast On Politics, James Butler hosted a conversation about the current state of Britain’s Labour Party with Sienna Rodgers (deputy editor at House magazine) and Jeremy Gilbert (a professor of cultural and political theory at theContinue Reading

the-dnc’s-middle-east-working-group-is-a-stalling-mechanism

When the governing body of the Democratic Party convenes next month, it will face a challenge to its support for Israel. The Democratic National Committee has evaded the fact that large majorities of Democrats oppose continuing military aid to Israel and believe it has committed genocide in Gaza. The stage is setContinue Reading