The Only Way South
A new railway, a sixteen-year coal supply arrangement and a renewed yuan swap line do not suggest that China is preparing to annex Mongolia....
Is Europe Ready for the Rising Cost of Climate Driven Wildfires?
Europe's worst wildfire season in recent history is doing more than destroying forests, homes, and livelihoods. It is exposing a growing weakness in the...
Ten years, seven prime ministers: What Keir Starmer’s resignation means for the UK’s foreign policy
When Andy Burnham entered 10 Downing Street on July 20, it was as the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade. As the product...
Hamas’s Disarmament Dare: The New Limits of American Dealmaking
Central Claim
The US-brokered deal for Hamas to disarm and Israeli forces to withdraw from Gaza is less an agreement than a diplomatic dare: each...
China’s Strategy in Ceuta and Melilla: How Beijing Could Use the Spain-Morocco Migration Crisis
China can leverage its efforts to address the border migration crisis between Spain and Morocco by promoting humanitarian diplomacy, funding border development projects, and...
Why India’s Youth Are Turning Against Narendra Modi?
For more than a decade, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi built his political appeal around economic development, welfare expansion, and the promise of opportunity....
America’s Lost Compass: When Middle East War Overrides U.S. Strategy
On August 2, President Donald Trump said he would halt planned U.S. strikes on Iran after Middle Eastern allies outlined the parameters of a...
Why China Sees Trump’s Lebanon Strategy as a Threat to Its Middle East Ambitions
Chinese intelligence, military, political, and strategic circles analyzed and assessed the significance of the meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Lebanese counterpart,...
US aims new sanctions at Sudan’s military junta over its use of chemical weapons
The United States has barred aircraft linked to Sudan’s military junta, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), from operating in its airspace and is tightening...
How Crimea Went from Russia’s Greatest Prize Towards an Untenable Position
The Crimean Peninsula, Russia’s pivotal stronghold, is witnessing a siege that could place the occupation by Russian forces in an untenable position. After four...