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India-China Rapprochement: Between Pragmatic Engagement and Enduring Skepticism
Lord Palmerston’s maxim that "We have no eternal allies nor perpetual enemies. "Our interests are eternal and perpetual," aptly describes the rapidly changing nature...
Israel Strikes Hamas Leaders in Qatar, Escalating Regional Conflict
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Israel launched a military strike in Qatar’s capital, Doha, targeting senior Hamas leadership—including top negotiator Khalil al-Hayya, marking a significant escalation that extends...
Trump’s New Middle East: Bold Promises, Bitter Fallout
The Middle East in 2025 is still a powder keg, a place where dreams of peace get chewed up by the gritty, messy reality...
Lessons from a Naval Arms Race: How the U.S.-China could Avoid the Anglo-German Trap
The U.S.-China competition is intensifying in the Indo-Pacific, especially in the maritime domain, and it is increasing the risk of a dangerous miscalculation. Both...
The Brussels Effect in Action: Apple Adjusts to Europe’s Digital Markets Act
In April 2025, the European Union imposed fines of 500 million euros on Apple Inc. and 200 million euros on Meta, based on indications...
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...