Can Europe Win the Energy Race Before High Costs Undermine Its Economy?
Europe has significantly reduced its dependence on Russian energy since the 2022 energy crisis, but it now faces a different and potentially more damaging...
Can China Be Contained in the Indian Ocean?
The Indian Ocean has reemerged as one of the world's most consequential geopolitical theaters. Carrying nearly 80 percent of global seaborne oil trade and...
Washington’s Brazil Problem: The New Geopolitics of Self-DefeatÂ
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The United States has spent eighteen months applying economic, judicial, and now electoral pressure on Latin America's largest democracy, and at each step...
What Do India’s Student Protests Mean for Its Democracy?
The widespread student protests that erupted across India in July 2026 over the alleged NEET UG examination paper leak and concerns surrounding the CBSE...
From Gibraltar to the Arctic: Why the Arctic Cannot Wait for the Governance of Tomorrow
For much of the past three years, Europe's strategic attention has been fixed further south. The Red Sea crisis, instability around the Strait of...
Can Diplomacy Prevent the Next Gulf War?
As renewed tensions between Iran and the United States unsettle the Middle East, Pakistan's quiet diplomacy offers a reminder that sustainable regional security depends...
Why Didn’t the Iran–Israel War Divide the Middle East?
Throughout the history of international relations, major crises have often produced a predictable outcome: they force states to make choices. When rivalry between two...
Military Chaplains and Strategy in West Africa
The West Africa Religious Affairs Symposium, held in Accra last week, was easy to overlook if one expected a conventional military conference. It was...
Is China Really Filling America’s Vacuum?
Evidence from 2026 shows that China is not simply filling the gap or staying out. Instead, China is acting strategically-getting involved where its own...
The Story of Two Straits: Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb
The Houthi threats remain in the stage of statements and have not yet translated into an actual closure of the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. However,...