How the U.S.- Israel War against Iran Undermines Global Economic Prospects
Expresso: U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the turn of April....
How US-Israeli Iran Strikes Will Penalize Global Prospects
On February 28, 2026, President Trump announced the start of Operation Epic Fury. In a surreal twist, he described the mission's primary objective as...
The Fatal Costs of the Philippines-Taiwan War Scenario
In August 2025, President Marcos Jr. said that “a war over Taiwan will drag the Philippines, kicking and screaming into the conflict."
Pushing for preparation,...
From the US-Led Rules-Based Order to Multipolar International Law
Recently, Prime Minister Mark Carney, perhaps the ultimate liberal insider, gave a seminal speech at Davos, declaring the demise of the rules-based international order...
The Venezuelan Battleground: US regime change vs. Chinese economic cooperation
In the early hours of January 3, 2026, Venezuela’s President Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were dragged from their bedroom and transported to...
Mamdani’s Great Socialist Experiment in capitalist NYC
Initially, many jaded observers ignored Mamdani’s campaign– until he won the Democratic primary in June 2025, defeating former governor Andrew Cuomo and was elected...
Trump’s National Security in the Multipolar World
For months, Pentagon officials had been working on a new national security strategy (NSS) proposing the Trump administration prioritize protecting the homeland and Western...
Behind diplomatic crisis, Japan’s economic slide
On October 21, Sanae Takaichi, the president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), was voted in as the 104th prime minister of Japan;...
The Ecocide of Gaza
The final step of the broadest possible genocide is ecocide; that is, the intentional destruction of the environment necessary for the support of human...
The costs of the Philippines’ lost decades
Recently, former National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) director general Karl Kendrick Chua said that the Philippines is standing at a “critical juncture” that...