The Ethiopian Civil War became one of the Cold War’s most devastating proxy conflicts as Soviet support, communist revolution ...

Proxy wars, a phenomenon where external pow­ers support opposing sides in a conflict in order to influence the outcome of the conflict and ad­vance their own strategic interests, have become a ...

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On 11 December 2025, President Trump issued a long-awaited executive order (EO) entitled “Protecting American Investors from Foreign-Owned and Politically-Motivated Proxy Advisors.” The EO refers to ...

Beware of fiery Chinese dragons proffering peace proposals to end the bloody fighting in Ukraine. They are not what they seem to be. In February, Chinese officials floated the idea of Xi Jinping ...

World War III is a proxy war, almost in its entirety. And Russia’s proxies are no longer simply its “non-state” (formerly Wagner) mercenaries, which Putin now fully controls. Now, it’s North Korea, ...

Germany metro stations will soon become bomb shelters, while people’s basements will become fortified shelters. For the first time since the Cold War, Germany has upgraded its posture for conflict in ...

Despite the precision and scale of US strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites, Tehran’s regime is likely to rebuild, intensify proxy warfare, and remain committed to its long-term atomic ambitions. The US ...

President Trump told gulf leaders in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that he wants to strike a nuclear deal with Iran, urging it to stop supporting proxy groups in order to do so. “I want to make a deal ...