#Military Strategy

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• 🇺🇸 U.K. Puts Chagos Islands Deal on Hold Following Criticism From Trump — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  The plan to give Mauritius formal control of the islands, home to a U.S.-British military base, was called “an act of great stupidity” by President Trump.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Decolonization
• 🇺🇸 Trump’s War of Choice Will Become a War of Regret — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  America may be losing more than just the conflict in Iran.

  Related: #Foreign Policy, #Geopolitical Risk
• 🇺🇸 UK to hold off on deal ceding Chagos Islands amid US opposition — 11/04/2026 [USA]

  A bill laying out plans to return the Indian Ocean archipelago, home to the US-UK Diego Garcia base, has been paused.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Sovereignty Dispute
• 🇺🇸 UK pauses its plan to cede Chagos Islands after US opposition — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics, #Decolonization
• 🇺🇸 Taiwan spotted Chinese warplanes as Xi met opposition leader in Beijing — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics, #Cross-Strait Relations
• 🇺🇸 US Intelligence: Iran retains "thousands" of missiles after air campaign, says WSJ — 11/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics, #Intelligence
• 🇺🇸 UK drops bill to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius after US opposition — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  British officials acknowledge the legislation had run out of time to proceed to the statute book

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Decolonization
• 🇺🇸 Trump says 'backup plan' not needed for Iran talks; wishes Vance 'luck' — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump said Friday that no backup plan is needed if the peace talks in Pakistan between the U.S. and Iran go south. “You don’t need a backup plan,” Trump told reporters before departing Washi...

  Related: #Diplomacy, #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 This Week in DOW: Iran Ceasefire, Daring Rescue, Honoring Gold Star Spouses — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  This week, the U.S. announced a two-week ceasefire with Iran, as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hailed the success of Operation Epic Fury in dismantling one of the world's largest militaries, and the W...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Commemoration
• 🇺🇸 US deploys forces to Middle East ahead of Iran talks in Pakistan — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Starmer and Trump talked military options to reopen Strait of Hormuz — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  British PM Starmer said he and US President Donald Trump discussed “military capabilities” to reopen Hormuz.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy Security
• 🇺🇸 Trump says military is 'loading up the ships' if peace talks with Iran go south in Pakistan — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  President Trump said Friday that he is ready to use the U.S. military to resume strikes on Iran if peace talks in Pakistan are not successful. “We have a reset going. We’re loading up the ships with t...

  Related: #Foreign Policy, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Pete Hegseth Talks About ‘Negotiating With Bombs.’ But Does He Have a Plan in Iran? — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  We spoke to more than a dozen officials who all worry the country is headed into another quagmire

  Related: #Foreign Policy, #Media Influence
• 🇺🇸 UK’s Starmer and Trump discussed military options for Strait of Hormuz — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics, #Energy Security
• 🇺🇸 Iran ceasefire: Not an off-ramp for the US but a life-saving ejection seat — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  A Middle Eastern country has for the first time single-handedly checked the war-making capabilities of the US and Israel

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Regional Power
• 🇺🇸 Taiwan sees only warships and warplanes as China talks peace with opposition — 10/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitical Tension, #Diplomatic Relations
• 🇺🇸 Ukrainian interceptors downed Iran’s drones in Middle East, says Zelenskyy — 10/04/2026 [USA]

  Ukraine’s President says military teams dispatched across the Gulf had delivered ‘positive’ results

  Related: #International Security, #Geopolitics
• 🇺🇸 ‘This War Isn’t Over’: 3 Opinion Writers Debate What Has to Happen Next in Iran — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  Will the shooting really stop? What should be Trump’s red lines? A discussion on where America’s war on Iran stands.

  Related: #Foreign Policy, #Geopolitical Analysis
• 🇺🇸 Centcom chief: 'Iran has suffered a generational military defeat' — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The head of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), the military arm that oversees forces in the Middle East, said Thursday that troops “remain present” in the region amid a two-week ceasefire with Iran. Spea...

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 Military operation conducted to deter Russian submarines in North Atlantic — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  British and Norwegian militaries led a weekslong operation to deter Russian submarines in the North Atlantic, the U.K. military said.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #International Security
• 🇺🇸 The war on Iran: Nobody won, everyone paid — 09/04/2026 [USA]

  The US-Israeli campaign has failed to achieve its goals. Iran has been badly hit, and the Gulf is paying the bill too.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Regional Security
• 🇺🇸 Analysis-As US and Iran talk truce, Israel digs in for a ’forever war’ — 09/04/2026 [USA] Related: #Geopolitics, #Economic Security
• 🇺🇸 The Memo: Trump’s dash for off-ramp in Iran fuels fears of strategic defeat — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  There are huge questions hanging over the Trump administration’s strategic objectives in Iran, especially now that a tentative ceasefire has hit immediate turbulence. Global relief on Tuesday evening,...

  Related: #Foreign Policy, #Geopolitical Risk
• 🇺🇸 Israel Says Iran Cease-Fire Does Not Extend to Lebanon and Continues Strikes — 08/04/2026 [USA]

  Deadly airstrikes pummeled Lebanon in Israel’s largest bombing wave yet in the monthlong war with Iran-backed Hezbollah.

  Related: #Geopolitical Conflict, #Regional Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 The decapitation dilemma — 28/03/2026 [USA]

  Long regarded as dishonourable or counterproductive, the idea of targeting enemy leaders is becoming normalised. What do we lose along with the taboo?

  Related: #International Ethics, #Warfare Evolution
• 🇺🇸 Trump wants to squeeze Iran into peace talks with more troops — but it may backfire, analysts say — 26/03/2026 [USA]

  Trump's threats to ramp up military presence may be to pressure Iran to negotiate but the battle may be harder than he calculated, say analysts.

  Related: #Geopolitics, #Diplomacy
• 🇺🇸 How Trump's Iran war objectives have shifted over time — 25/03/2026 [USA]

  Here is a reminder of some of what he has said - and where the US is now.

  Related: #Foreign Policy
• 🇺🇸 Kim vows to 'irreversibly' cement North Korea's nuclear status — 24/03/2026 [USA]

  In his speech, Kim expressed pride in the country's rapid expansion of nuclear weapons and missiles in recent years, calling it the "right" choice.

  Related: #Nuclear Policy
• 🇺🇸 Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours.

  Related: #International Tensions
• 🇺🇸 Trump speaks after announcing delay on Iran attacks — 23/03/2026 [USA]

  President Donald Trump has spoken to reporters after announcing the US was postponing attacks targeting Iran’s energy.

  Related: #Geopolitical Tensions