Inside Beijing’s Blueprint: Planning China’s Economic Future to 2030
The Central Economic Conference in Beijing affirmed its support for China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, stating that the new year would be exceptional, with the...
How the EU Can Loan Ukraine $105 Billion—Without Using Frozen Russian Assets
European Union leaders have agreed to borrow 90 billion euros ($105 billion) to help fund Ukraine's defense against Russia over the next two years....
A Bolsonaro Candidacy Alone Won’t Unite Brazil’s Right in 2026
Brazil has been waiting to see who former President Jair Bolsonaro would support in the 2026 presidential election. His recent endorsement of his son,...
How Taiwan’s Political Deadlock Could Lead to New Elections
Taiwan is facing a political deadlock because the government will not make changes to a local government spending law passed by the opposition-controlled parliament....
Why the Thai–Cambodian Dispute is a Strategic Problem
The Thai-Cambodian tension is almost uniformly treated as a manageable bilateral issue, serious but contained, sensitive but familiar. This is a mistake. The real...
Sudan: CNN and Lighthouse Reports publish evidence of SAF ethnically motivated atrocities
CNN has reported that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias have carried out a campaign of ethnically targeted killings in Sudan’s Gezira...
The China-Egypt Partnership: A Blueprint for South-South Cooperation
We know that Egypt and China belong to the developing countries of the Global South, and this will strengthen the strategic partnership between them....
What Does America’s New Strategy Mean for South and Central Asia?
The United States National Security Strategy, published in late 2025, devotes little attention to the South and Central Asian region. Donald Trump's second-term strategy...
Can the Gaza Ceasefire Hold? Stakes, Challenges, and Scenarios
More than two months after a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas ended two years of intense fighting in Gaza, both sides claim the other...
When Conscience Rewrote Australia: The Bondi Moment
Moments of national trauma often reveal a country’s deepest divisions. More seldom, they expose its moral essence. The Bondi terror attack did the latter....