Cry Wolf Politics Middle Eastern Restraint Under Coercive Primacy Middle Eastern restraint is not civilizational patience but strategic hedging. As U.S. policy oscillates between negotiation and coercion, regional states minimize exposure, protect capital, and diversify alignments in a shifting multipolar order.
Cry Wolf Politics The Province That Never Was One Confusion around Xinjiang does not arise from ignorance of facts. It arises from the expectation that geography, history, identity, and governance should align naturally. They rarely do. In this case, they do not align at all.
Cry Wolf Politics The “92 Drones” Mirage: How Europe Is Being Played From Both Sides Headlines screamed “92 drones entered Polish airspace”, Western Europe panicked. Commentators warned “Article 5! NATO under attack!” Social media lit up with memes of World War III. In Dutch cafés and German beer halls, ordinary citizens repeated the line: “our borders are under attack.” Were they?