Iran’s Strategy After the War: Hormuz, Gulf Tensions and the Risk of Another Conflict
The war involving Iran, Israel and the United States has reshaped the strategic balance across the Middle East, leaving the Strait of Hormuz at...
Canada Is Building an Exit From the US, One Institution at a Time
Thirteen Days, Four Doors
At 12:01 a.m. on 29 September, a US ban on nearly $1 billion of Canadian goods took effect: whisky, dairy by-products,...
Kaliningrad: Russia Has Drawn a Nuclear Red Line Around a Blockade That Doesn’t Exist
On 30 September, Russia put a nuclear threat in writing and sent it to NATO. The diplomatic note, seen by Reuters, warned that Moscow...
Europe’s January 2027 Cliff: The Russian LNG Ban Meets Empty Storage
Europe has spent the past four years trying to make sure it would never again depend on Russia for its energy in the way...
Milei’s Falklands Ultimatum: $100 Oil Thaws a Frozen Dispute
Two Weeks, One Oilfield
On 29 September, Javier Milei gave Britain two weeks to halt the Sea Lion oil project north of the Falkland Islands,...
After Trump’s Greenland Deal, Denmark Faces a New Arctic Test
As the world’s leaders gather for the 81st UN General Assembly, the ink is just starting to dry on the “amended and supplemented” agreement...
Tigray Conflict Explained: Why Renewed Fighting Could Spread Across the Region
Fighting is happening in northern Ethiopia between federal troops and a rebel alliance led by Tigrayan forces. This conflict resembles the earlier civil war...
UK Fairford Airbase Attack Plot: What We Know About the Suspected Threat
British police have arrested a dual UK-Iranian national in connection with an alleged terrorist plot involving RAF Fairford, an airbase used by the US...
Morocco’s Fatima El Mansouri and the New China-Morocco Agenda for Women’s Empowerment
The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF), as the highest Chinese women's organization concerned with the issues of women in China and around the world, and...
Xi’s Soybean Promise to Trump Is Brazil’s Quiet Election Issue
Two Sets of Numbers, One Week
On 22 September, two polls put Brazil's presidential runoff within the margin of error. Quaest had Senator Flávio Bolsonaro...