After the Winter Collapse: Blue Prints for a New American Spring

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  • The Sectarian Fault Line

    The Sectarian Fault Line

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    Tom Raquer
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    The war with Iran is not yet a Sunni–Shia war. But history suggests that conflicts in the Middle East rarely remain purely geopolitical. If the current confrontation widens, the deeper sectarian fault line of the Islamic world may once again shape the struggle for regional power.

  • The Strait That Tests an Order

    The Strait That Tests an Order

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    Tom Raquer
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    Author Comment This essay explores a structural question in strategy: why major wars tend to emerge during periods of institutional strain rather than political stability. If crisis periods weaken legitimacy and intensify internal division, external conflict can become more than a geopolitical contest. It becomes a test of whether the political system itself can sustain…