Iran-Saudi Arabia Proxy War – Modern Diplomacy
Since the period of the Cold War, proxy warfare has been a common phenomenon involving major powers coming into indirect military confrontations in a third…
Proxy Wars and the Global Stage: How Major Powers Fight Without Fighting
Authors: AL-Kasmin Islam and Meherab Hossain* Great powers are once again resorting to proxy wars, manipulating weaker nations to fight their battles. This allows them…
George Lucas backs Bob Iger in Nelson Peltz proxy fight
Is the Force strong with Bob Iger? On Tuesday, “Star Wars” creator George Lucas threw his support behind the Walt Disney Co. boss amid the…
Disney slams proxy fight rival Nelson Peltz in ad
Walt Disney Co. is stepping up its campaign against activist investor Nelson Peltz, warning shareholders in a new video that it would be “disruptive and…
Disney earnings top expectations amid proxy battle
Disney beat earnings expectations for its most recent fiscal quarter as pressure mounts on Chief Executive Bob Iger to impress shareholders while trying to beat…
Opinion: Trump’s rants about NATO are making the U.S. weaker
On Sept. 12, 2001, 24 hours after the 9/11 attacks, representatives of the then-19-member NATO convened to invoke Article 5 of the organization’s charter, which…
Calling airstrikes on Houthis ‘success,’ Joe Biden says U.S. not in proxy war with Iran
1 of 3 | A British Royal Air Force Typhoon aircraft returns to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus after taking part in U.S.-led coalition to conduct…
Disney cuts deals with ValueAct, Blackwells Capital to fend off board proxy challenge
Disney and its CEO Bob Iger (R) said Wednesday the company has secured the support of investment firms ValueAct and Blackwells Capital to fend off…
The “Proxy” Dilemma and the Taliban
Pakistan-Taliban relations are deteriorating to the extent that one could even call it a fully-fledged crisis. With scathing statements from both sides, this is arguably…
U.S. embarks on proxy war against Iran
A massive US naval deployment in a wide arc of the so-called Greater Middle East is under way — stretching from Crete in the Eastern…
A Chain of Proxy Wars Looms Large Behind Gaza
Instability is spreading across the globe. While frightening, it is a natural manifestation of expanding great-power rivalry in a world in flux, where power disposition…
Pentagon bolsters U.S. presence in Middle East following Iran proxy attacks on troops
“[We’ve] seen rocket and UAV attacks against bases housing our troops in Iraq and Syria. We’re concerned about potential escalation,” Austin said Sunday following the…
The International Relations of Proxy War: Great Power Competition Facilitates Policy Shifts in North Korea-US Relations
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.”-Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in our Time (1971) The…