Dr. John Hatzadony
The Insurance Weapon: How Commercial Risk Logic Became an Irregular Warfare Tool at Hormuz
Before Iran laid mines in the Strait of Hormuz and before the IRGC began striking tankers with drones, the strait had already been effectively closed. Within 48 hours of coordinated U.S.–Israeli airstrikes on Iran on February 28, 2026, war risk premiums surged fivefold, major marine insurers terminated existing
Kings, Usurpers, and Shadow Wars: Lessons on Irregular Warfare from Shakespeare
Whereof what’s past is prologue Few scholars would credit William Shakespeare as an irregular warfare (IW) expert, but one of the most-read authors in the Western canon has much to offer the practitioner. Shakespeare wrote about state failure, factional competition, assassination attempts, and manipulation of public opinion. These storylines,
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