Geopolitics

Where is Mojtaba Khamenei: Who is Controlling Iran? Right now, the skies over Iran are contested. But the real black box isn’t the airspace. It is the political architecture underneath it. Everyone tracking the 2026 conflict is asking the exact same question. Who is actually giving the orders? And more specifically: where is Mojtaba Khamenei?

US-Spain Relations NATO 2026: The NATO Expulsion Threat and Iran War Disagreements The diplomatic bridge between Washington and Madrid is broken. For the first time since the Spanish-American War of 1898, the United States and Spain are engaged in a high-stakes, adversarial standoff. The crisis erupted in early 2026 when the U.S. demanded full operational

US-Europe Diplomatic Divide 2026: How U.S. & Europe are Falling Apart The transatlantic alliance is structurally fracturing. Over the past 24 months, the diplomatic bridge connecting Washington and Brussels has buckled under the weight of competing geopolitical realities. For seven decades, the United States and Europe operated on a shared diplomatic operating system. Today, that

US Cuba Relations History The island is dark. Following the January 2026 U.S. military capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, Washington immediately severed the petroleum pipeline connecting Caracas to Havana. On January 29, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14380. This directive threatens steep tariffs against any sovereign nation that supplies oil to