Tripwires of Empire: The Gulf Monarchies, the U.S.-Israel War on Iran, and the Crisis of Imperial Security

This essay begins by excavating how The Guardian recasts a U.S.-Israeli war and its aftermath into a fear narrative centered on Iran while muting the imperial structure behind the violence. It then reconstructs the real terrain: Gulf militarization, sanctions on Iran, strategic chokepoints, regional recalibration, and the diplomatic and economic relations the article leaves in... Continue Reading →

Axis of Empire: The Coup, the Shah, and the War Against Iranian Sovereignty

Afshin Matin-Asgari’s history exposes how U.S.–Iran relations were forged not through partnership but through intervention, oil politics, and the overthrow of democratic sovereignty. This review excavates the buried architecture of empire behind the 1953 CIA coup and the construction of the Shah’s authoritarian client state. It follows how the Iranian Revolution shattered that imperial arrangement... Continue Reading →

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