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Nauru Built the Only Door Into Deep-Sea Mining — Washington Just Opened a Second One
On 19 November, the United States plans to auction two seabed blocks off American Samoa — more than 31 million acres combined — for...
China–Syria Clash Deepens Over Uyghur Fighters in Al-Sharaa’s Army
Chinese intelligence, military, and political agencies view Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa's strategy of integrating foreign fighters into the institutions of the new Syrian state...
Ukraine Defence Chief Pledges ‘Clear’ War Plan to Unlock Early Loan
Ukraine's new defence minister, Yevhenii Khmara, has promised to provide a clear plan to international partners on how Ukraine intends to fight Russia amid...
Canada Backs $116 Billion Global Defence Bank to Finance Allied Rearmament
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney supports a new global defense bank called the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), which aims to help allied...
Who Actually Benefits From Russia Deepening Footprint in the Sahel
A few years ago, France was the dominant foreign security partner across much of the Sahel. Today, its troops are gone from Mali, Burkina...
The Hormuz Shutdown and the New Fragility of Global Trade’s Most Critical Route
Five ships a day where a hundred used to sail. Six months after the US-Israel strikes on Iran, the world's most critical energy chokepoint...
Is the G20 Becoming a Bilateral Summit With Extra Chairs?
The G20 was cartographed because the world economy had become too interconnected to be managed by a handful of powerful states. In 2026, that...
Can Russia’s Security-for-Resources Model Defeat Terrorism in West Africa?
The Confederation of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger) increasingly use a security-for-resources barter model for fighting against growing terrorism in West Africa....
Between Trade and Threat: Southeast Asia’s Difficult Balance Between China and the U.S.
Rivalry between the United States and China plays a pivotal role in the geopolitical dynamics of Southeast Asia. There are many challenging decisions to...
Africa’s Missing Continuum of Capital
Africa does not simply have a shortage of capital. Its deeper problem is that the capital mobilized by its financial systems does not consistently...