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Ricardo Martins

PhD in Sociology with specialisation in EU policies and international relations

The War That Changed the Middle East: Iran's Rise as a Regional Power Amid Conflict with Israel and the United States

The confrontation between Iran, Israel, and the United States may mark a strategic turning point in Middle Eastern geopolitics. As Tehran moves from a doctrine of survival to one of regional influence, the balance of power that has shaped the region for decades is being fundamentally reconfigured.

Ricardo Martins

Friedrich Merz: Meet the Most Unpopular Chancellor in Modern German History

Germany’s economic decline is no longer merely an economic story. It has become a political one. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has become the focal point of this broader crisis of governance and legitimacy.

Ricardo Martins

Netanyahu's Ethnostate and the Greater Israel: A Biblical Mythology or a Geopolitical Project?

Netanyahu and Trump are conditioning the end of the war in Iran on the condition that all countries in the region sign the Abraham Accords, a tacit submission to Israel. Drawing on Daniel Levy, Omer Bartov, and the Pew Survey, I address the reasons, the urgency, and the limits of Netanyahu’s simultaneous battles on several fronts in the quest for a Greater Israel project.

Ricardo Martins

Israel’s Secret Bases in Iraq: A New Phase of Shadow Warfare in the Middle East

Ricardo Martins

Putin in Beijing: Russia and China Deepen Their Strategic Axis

Ricardo Martins

Trump in Beijing: Xi Jinping’s Lesson on Power, Taiwan, and the New Balance of Power

Ricardo Martins

The EU Grotesque Farce of Sanctioning Individual Israeli Settlers in the West Bank

Ricardo Martins

lula meets trump

Lula, Trump, and the Geopolitics of Rare Earths: Brazil’s Position Between Washington and Beijing

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