Manuel Castello Branco

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Manuel Castello Branco is a law student at the University of Lisbon. He is a weekly columnist at Observador, a leading Portuguese online newspaper, and secretary-general of Centro de Estudos Políticos FDUL. His writing focuses on geopolitics, global power relations and foreign affairs.

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One Spark, Many Streets: The Transnational Mechanics of Asia’s Gen-Z Revolts

Back in May, India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant likened the country’s unemployed youth to cockroaches. The targeted generation, perhaps more politically adept than Mr....

Turkey, Syria and Ukraine: Strategic Hedging in the Near East

The war that the United States and Israel launched against Iran in February has left a great many consequences in its wake. It greatly...

The Two Triads: An Emerging Post-American Middle East

Sometime in the past twelve months, the Middle East's security architecture quietly stopped revolving around the United States. The shift has no single point...

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The Bypass Is the Target: What This Week’s Gulf Escalation Reveals About Energy Security

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Why America Can End Its Wars but Not Its Interventions

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