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China-Africa Defense Ties Deepen After Beijing Security Forum
The fourth China-Africa Peace and Security Forum was held in Beijing, China, from September 15 to 17, 2026, coinciding with the 13th Xiangshan Forum...
Between Washington and Beijing: Can Central Asia Preserve Its Multi-Vector Technology Policy?
The United States is preparing to tell dozens of partner countries that they may have to choose between American and Chinese approaches to cooperation...
The Cost of Proof Will Decide the Winners of US–China Decoupling
Every export increasingly carries two products: the good itself and the evidence that makes it admissible. The cost of producing the second may determine...
Germany’s Bond Market Isn’t Pricing This Crisis At All
Ten-year Bund yields hit their highest level since 2011 the week the AfD won 43.8% of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt — the worst state...
China’s Red Sea Strategy: How Ports Could Expand Beijing’s Maritime Influence
The Chinese presence in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa ports and projects is deeply significant, given its connection to trade and supply...
The Burke Index: An Attempt to Measure the Real Autonomy of the State
Sovereignty is usually understood as a legal status: a state is recognized, possesses territory and institutions of government, and formally has the right to...
Global markets feel pressure as central banks turn hawkish on inflation
Global stocks and bonds came under pressure on Friday as investors assessed a broad shift toward tighter monetary policy among major central banks amid...
UK pushes EU for access to ‘Made in Europe’ industrial policy
Britain is seeking deeper economic and security ties with the European Union as Finance Minister John Healey urges the bloc to avoid excluding British...
The Myth of a Multipolar World: Why the Global Order Is Becoming More Bipolar, Not Less
The idea that the world is becoming multipolar has acquired the status of conventional wisdom. It is repeated by governments, international organizations, business leaders,...
UK-EU Reset: Is Financial Decoupling and Energy Security Undermining the New Partnership?
Three years after Brexit, the UK-EU relationship is not converging. Financial services are diverging deliberately, defense integration is off limits, and energy markets face...