Author: Press Room
A system based on patronage works only if the patron accepts certain responsibilities. The US-Israeli war against Iran is forcing a new look at the nature and limits of alliances in the 21st century.In the second half of the 20th century, international politics rested on a relatively simple logic. The world was divided into blocs. Strong powers offered protection; weaker states offered loyalty. Security guarantees were exchanged for political alignment. This patron-client system formed the backbone of Cold War geopolitics.Even after the Cold War ended, the structure largely survived. The ideological clarity faded, but the institutional habits remained.Instead of rigid blocs…
Iranian state media on Tuesday confirmed the elimination of security chief Ali Larijani, arguably the most important figure in what remains of the regime. Larijani was killed by an Israeli airstrike on Tuesday, along with Gholamreza Soleimani, the chief of Iran’s primary internal repression force, the Basij militia. Larijani began his second stint as secretary of Iran’s powerful National Security Council in August 2025 and became one of the key players in violently suppressing the popular uprising in January, ordering thousands of killings to keep the regime in power. He was reportedly given extraordinary control over Iran’s military and repression…
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) is defending the man who worked security for her but was killed during a law enforcement standoff in Dallas on Wednesday and accused of pretending to be a policeman. Thirty-nine-year-old Diamon Mazairre-Robinson had barricaded himself inside a parking garage at Children’s Medical Center Dallas after police tracked him down as they were investigating an active warrant, Fox News reported Monday. Police video showed the moments SWAT officers told Robinson to get out of the car and obey their commands so that he would not get hurt. The officers deployed tear gas to force him out of…
Iran has vowed to hit energy targets throughout the Gulf in response to strikes on its South Pars gas field The Qatari Foreign Ministry has condemned Israel’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field, which is jointly operated by Iran and Qatar. The ministry said that strikes on Pars constitute “a threat to global energy security.” Gas processing facilities on the Iranian side of the field were damaged in strikes on Wednesday. While Israel has not taken responsibility for the strikes, Axios reported that they were carried out by Israeli forces in coordination with the US. In a post on X,…
Iran launched a barrage of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, ostensibly to get revenge for Israel’s liquidation of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, security chief Ali Larijani, and other top Iranian officials. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the elite theocratic wing of the Iranian military and a designated terrorist organization, said the cluster of missiles fired at central Israel was an act of “revenge for the blood of martyr Dr. Ali Larijani and his companions.” The IRGC said the “pure blood of this great martyr” would become “a source of honor, power, and national awakening against the front of global…
Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), who has long considered Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) his mentor, on Monday night sparred with pro-Trump entrepreneur Nate Morris during the Kentucky Senate Republican debate. “I’m Nate Morris, and I’m so proud to be a ninth generation Kentuckian. I’m proud to be a husband to Jane, father to JR, and I’m running for the United States Senate because I believe we need a senator to go to Washington who’s going to understand this is Donald Trump’s Republican Party, and votes accordingly,” Morris said in his opening during the debate. He said that his Republican primary opponents,…
Israel is reportedly planning a “massive” ground invasion of Lebanon to eliminate Hezbollah’s weapons and push the terror group away from the border, so that it can no longer shower Israeli cities with rockets. The Lebanese government said a million people have already been displaced from the conflict zone. Israel issued evacuation orders two weeks ago for all Lebanese civilians living south of the Litani River, an area that comprises about one-eight of Lebanon’s territory. Hundreds of thousands of civilians responded to the order, but some refused to leave their homes, including some Christian villagers who felt they should have…
A massive fire erupted in a Manhattan, New York skyscraper Tuesday morning, which was near the start of the city’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Emergency services responded to the fire Tuesday morning. The building is near East 43rd Street and Madison Avenue. Onlookers could see giant flames billowing from the building’s rooftop. Firefighters were able to extinguish the flames before 11:00 A.M. Eastern time, when the parade was scheduled to start. Law enforcement reported no injuries as a result of the fire. Local reports stated that officials said that the fire originated in the HVAC system located on the roof of…
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says Moscow should not be excluded from future security and trade arrangements with the bloc Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has urged the EU to rebuild mutually beneficial relations with Russia once the Ukraine conflict is over.In an interview with GB News published on Wednesday, Orban said the West had upended the European security landscape by encouraging Ukraine’s bid to join NATO despite Russia’s “very clear” warning that it views the bloc’s eastward expansion as a security threat.Hungary believes Russia should not be excluded from any future European arrangements on security, energy, and trade, Orban…
The recently inaugurated administration of Chilean conservative President José Antonio Kast this week began construction of a wall along Chile’s border with Peru to crack down on illegal migration. Kast is a hardline conservative who obtained a sweeping nationwide victory in the December 2025 presidential runoff election, successfully running on a campaign mainly focused on stopping illegal migration, carrying out mass deportations, and cracking down on rampant crime in Chile. Kast took office on March 11, succeeding leftist former President Gabriel Boric, who defeated Kast in the 2021 runoff. Chile’s President Jose Antonio Kast arrives at la Moneda presidential palace…