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When Great Powers Lose Touch With Reality:
Leadership, Decline, and the Danger of Self-Deception
Jul 27
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John Bruni
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Iran’s Hidden Battlefield: Could Tehran Turn Southern Iraq Into the Next Front?
The conventional wisdom about a potential U.S.–Iran confrontation is that the United States possesses overwhelming military superiority, while Iran’s…
Jul 15
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John Bruni
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Three Crises, One President: Is Trump's Strategic Bandwidth Running Out?
For a fleeting moment, it seemed the Middle East had stepped back from the brink of conflict—a rare pause in a region long accustomed to turbulence.
Jul 14
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John Bruni
June 2026
Peace on Paper, War in Waiting
The newly announced U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding has been hailed by some as the most major diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East since the…
Jun 23
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John Bruni
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A New Deal for the AI Age
The Middle Powers’ Last, Best Chance to Save Capitalism
Jun 20
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John Bruni
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When Efficiency Stops Being Enough
For much of its modern history, Australia has prided itself on being the “lucky country”: a sunburnt continent blessed with abundant resources, stable…
Jun 18
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John Bruni
The Strait of Hormuz and the Return of Managed Escalation
Today, as the downing of a U.S.
Jun 10
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John Bruni
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Winning by Not Losing
Modern audiences have inherited a deeply distorted understanding of warfare.
Jun 7
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John Bruni
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Oil: The Atlantic Basin Buffer
How Brazil, Guyana, and Argentina Are Reshaping Oil Security During the Strait of Hormuz Crisis
Jun 2
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John Bruni
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May 2026
There be Monsters Out There
There be monsters out there…
May 13
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John Bruni
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Why Australia Won’t Fix This—Until It Has To
The problem is not that Australia lacks ideas.
May 2
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John Bruni
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April 2026
Australia’s Hollow Force:
Fixing the ADF Before It’s Too Late
Apr 29
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John Bruni
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