The war in the Middle East is quietly reshaping the balance of power in Ukraine. Russia didn’t need to plan it, act on it or fire a single shot to make it happen. Since the start of the U.S.–Israeli conflict with Iran, the attention has focused on escalation risks, energy markets, and regional instability, but when we zoom out, and look outside the immediate battlefield, there is an additional story taking place: Russia is emerging as one of the primary beneficiaries of the w

Oftentimes when we think of latin america and geopolitics we expect to hear about the US and Chinese rivalry over economic influence, security and deepening diplomatic ties but it is less often talked about Iran's presence in Latin America. It has long been considered just the result of ideological affinity by governments that are worlds apart but with the Palestine-Israel conflict and especially and when Israel and Iran exchanged missile strikes and Latin American governmen