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Finance at War: How Conflict Redefines the Global Economy
Summary: Finance has become the new frontline of war. In 2022, sanctions froze over $300 billion of Russian central bank reserves and imposed more...
China’s Ambition for the Sea of Japan (East Sea): A Distant Dream?
The Sino-Russian Joint Statement in May 2024 generated considerable media excitement. In the agreement, Moscow pledged its support to Beijing in conducting constructive dialogue...
ANO (Yes) to Babiš – NE (No) to Brussels
The people of the Czech Republic have chosen national sovereignty over EU dogmatic control.
The recent Czech parliamentary election delivered more than a victory for...
Should Australia Reconsider an Alternative Submarine Deal with Japan?
Amidst stagnation and uncertainty over AUKUS’ Pillar II time, Australia’s undersea naval capabilities are increasingly aging and prone to being exposed by adversaries such...
China’s Authoritarian Model: Stability Today, Risks Tomorrow?
This has become necessary, with China's meteoric growth, still under the ruthless stewardship of the Communist Party, in recent decades, to re-examine the very...
The Resource War: How Minerals Fuel the Conflict in Congo
In Central Africa, The Democratic Republic of Congo, is once again facing an escalating conflict between the government forces and the March 23 rebel...
When Two Fronts Collide: The Yom Kippur War’s Lessons for an Asian Dual Contingency
In October 1973, Israel was encircled and almost faced defeat when Egypt and Syria orchestrated a surprise assault against Israel on the most sacred...
Has the U.S.–Venezuela Conflict Officially Begun?
One month after the announcement, the leaders of both countries took decisive steps. In September 2025, the Trump administration renamed the Department of Defense...
Moldova’s Playbook: How to Fight a Hybrid War—and Win.
In the shadow of the Ukraine war, a different kind of European battle was fought, and decisively won. Moldova, a small, impoverished former Soviet...
Is the International Order Tilting Toward an Era of Permanent Tensions?
The world is entering an era where conflict is no longer an exception but has become a permanent thread running through international relations. In...