The United States continues to maintain an extensive military presence in West Asia, which represents one of the most enduring features of post-Cold War geopolitics. Many analysts describe the American military presence in West Asia as a stabilizing influence. However, its actual effects have proven more complex than traditional narratives suggest. Illustration by The Geostrata US leaders from both Republican and Democratic administrations have used military capabilities to p

The ongoing Hamas-Israel war has cast the shadows of a wider war in the Middle East and the region beyond. Illustration by The Geostrata...

Israel is at war. The military-political cabinet has invoked Article 40 Aleph, the one that has not been invoked since the infamous Yom...