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How Ukraine Became Europe’s Most Important Defense Partner in 2026
There has been a significant development in European defence in the last eighteen months, and it did not come from a NATO summit communiqué...
Behave or Be Destroyed: Oman and the Vassal Clause in the American Guarantee
On 27 May, asked at a Cabinet meeting whether he would accept a short-term arrangement under which Iran and Oman would share control of...
The End of the “American Century” and a Multipolar World
The world is beginning to confront the rise of multipolarity. Journalist Fareed Zakaria, in his book The Post-American World and the Rise of the...
Can Trump Actually Threaten to Bomb His Own Allies?
On Wednesday afternoon, at a White House cabinet meeting, a reporter asked Donald Trump a straightforward question. Would he accept a short-term arrangement allowing...
The US-India Critical Minerals Framework: Signal, Network and Paradox
Introduction
The India-US Framework on Securing of Supply in the Mining and Processing of Critical Minerals and Rare Earths was signed on 26 May 2026...
Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan Corridor as a Possible Game Changer for China and Central Asia
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran has exposed a critical vulnerability in China’s trans-Eurasian transport network. As a result, freight traffic between Xi'an and...
Strategic Integration of Ionian Upstream Assets into the Adriatic Energy Grid: Securing the Southern Flank
The South-North axis of the Ionian Sea offers Europe one of its few immediate pathways for structural energy reinforcement without requiring colossal new infrastructure...
Financial Brief: A Weekly Roundup on the Geopolitics of Money | May 26
EXECUTIVE TAKEAWAYS
Peace talk optimism fades quickly. Dollar steadied and oil climbed back above $97 after a brief rally on Iran deal hopes, as Rubio...
How the Iran War Led China to Redefine American Power
When Xi Jinping, during his recent meeting with Donald Trump, emphasized that “Taiwan is China’s military red line” and warned that the two powers...
Donald Trump Transfers Troops to Poland: The Rise of the Eastern Front
Europe – From Pillar to “Periphery”
On April 27, 2026, while visiting the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium high school in Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz...