Richard Fernandez

To understand how the U.S. Navy will operate its enhanced safety corridors out of Hormuz, it is important to review the state of the art, to bring public perception, so often conditioned by images of the past, into line with current practice.

Analysis of U.S. naval blockade and Project Freedom in the Strait of Hormuz against Iran's control.

From the beginning of history, bringing the stranger into the tribe's firelit circle has been one of the most difficult and dangerous of tasks.

Who wins, and who loses, if the Strait of Hormuz (SOH) and the BEM (Bab el-Mandeb) become free(er) to transit? What if they can't be reopened?

Largely unnoticed, the Communist Chinese government has dropped a cultural bombshell “On March 12 [2026], China's legislature adopted the Law on

When the WHO announced it was trialing the first-ever treatment against the Bundibugyo ebola disease ravaging the Congo, the real tech behind the

The rise and fall of contemporary public figures Karim Khan, Graham Platner, and Cesar Chavez is disturbingly similar to the story arc of the Soviet

Can the Strait of Hormuz be reopened without the permission of the Islamic Republic? Flopping Aces noted on X that forcing the strait open was once

Analysis of Putin's potential NATO attack and Russia's gray-zone tactics in Europe.

Nearly 25 years ago, on Sept. 10, 2001, the left-wing parties of Europe and America surveyed their breathtaking domain. Viewed from their vantage point, the Soviet Union had collapsed, and the world was theirs to inherit. To most Westerners, even educated ones, Islam was an ancient myth rumored to be surviving in distant places. Christianity was a fading force beaten down by Free Love and atheism. With the fall of Moscow, the world was theirs.