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A New Heir to the World Order
For decades, the global order has rested on an unspoken assumption: that despite regional frictions, the United States and its allies established the fundamental...
Is Britain’s Economy (and Government) Slowly Crumbling?
Soaring debt and borrowing costs are approaching levels that once forced London to seek a humiliating IMF rescue. The UK economy has taken a...
Manufactured Famines in Gaza Began Almost Two Decades Ago, So Why Haven’t They Been Halted?
On Friday, August 22, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), the global famine watchdog, declared widespread famine in Gaza. The IPC is regarded...
Trump torches India ties, China warms up to India
Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University says that “the US currently doesn’t have a functioning constitutional system.” It is not just a “soft dictatorship” but...
Ukraine’s Moment of Truth; War, Diplomacy, and the fallout from the Trump-Putin Alaska Summit
Is Ukraine really on the verge of peace, or is it facing a critical moment of danger? Over the past week, there's been a...
Canada’s Strategic Entry: A Quiet Shift Toward Global Leadership
The 2025 Alaska meeting has served as a wake-up call, prompting Canada to undergo a strategic realignment in its foreign policy with a particular...
Washington’s Oil Chessboard: Why Venezuela Matters in U.S. Geopolitics
American warships edging closer to Venezuelan waters earlier this year barely made global headlines, overshadowed by louder crises in Ukraine and the South China...
Critical Minerals and Critical Security: U.S. Military Dependence on China’s Rare Earths
On August 26, Monday, during the meeting with South Korean President Lee Jae-myung at the White House, Trump threatened China to impose 200 percent...
MAGA and the New Neoconservatism: The Middle East as the Heartland of a New Global Order
MAGA, short for "Make America Great Again" and the central slogan of the Trump era, is more than just domestic populism. It is a...
Cutting Clean: The Strategic Illusion of Precision Drone Warfare
On a crisp February 2017 night, the world was introduced to a new brand of precision warfare. As a US drone sliced through the...