How Banning Chinese AI Could Hurt American Innovation
The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI rarely sign the same document. On September 8 they jointly named...
Trump’s Economic D-Day Threatens Everyone Except China
On Truth Social, Donald Trump announced what he called the most crushing economic operation the United States had ever mounted, promising Iran "economic warfare...
Washington drew Iraq a red line it can’t enforce. It will settle for a photo op
The US-led coalition leaves Iraq on Sept. 30, and Washington has attached a price to the exit: the country's most powerful militias must hand...
Washington and Tehran Now Agree that Sea is Billable
On July 14 the crews of the Mombasa and the Al Bahiyah found out. Two UAE-flagged tankers were hit by Iranian cruise missiles in...
Syria Is Building a Technocracy, Not a Democracy
On Sunday, 210 lawmakers took the constitutional oath in Damascus and elected Abdul Hamid al-Awak, a judge who defected from Assad's justice ministry and fled...
Macron’s Warning, Bremen’s Wallet: Europe’s New Space-Defense Era
When French President Emmanuel Macron inaugurated France’s Space Command in Toulouse on 12 November 2025 and declared that “space is no longer a sanctuary;...
Ukraine’s Second War: The Fight That Will Decide Everything
The news out of Kyiv last week carried an unsettling clarity. On November 29, Andriy Yermak—President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s formidable chief of staff and chief...
Turkiye’s BRICS bid: A Strategic shift toward multipolarity and Global South solidarity
Turkiye's formal application to join BRICS marks a key moment for this important group. Since its inception in 2006, BRICS has become one of...
India’s business conundrum: Regulatory problems and foreign investment challenges
"Opaque corporate tax practices still are a barrier to too many companies that want to be here. Every CEO is saying tell me about...
Battling bytes: The digital evolution of the Russia-Ukraine Conflict
The protracted Russia-Ukraine conflict is poised to enter its third year, revealing a stark reality: Ukraine's armed forces are struggling to maintain ground against...