More: featured
Syrian Refugee Return: A Defining Moment
Freedom’s arrival in Syria remains deeply fragile. Even as the country’s new rulers gain diplomatic recognition, goodwill, and early relief from Western sanctions, Syria...
Canada and South Korea’s Long Game: A Middle-Power Strategy for Two Regions
For much of the past decade, security cooperation between Canada and South Korea has been treated as a peripheral matter. Yet, such an assumption...
Aiding Neo-Colonialism: Reviving a Colonized State
Haiti, often labelled and dismissed as the “Failed State” of the Caribbean, remains one of our international bureaucracy’s most visible failures. Nearly two decades...
The Only Way to Contain Iran is the One We Abandoned
Iran is one of the most sanctioned countries in the world, alongside Russia. The country has been subjected to all kinds of comprehensive and...
Well-Reasoned Scenarios: Israel, Iran and Nuclear War
“Then fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing.”-Archilochus
At first glance, the June 2025 military operation against Iran carried no risks...
Small States, big stakes: why cyber diplomacy shall be a core National Security capability
Cyber diplomacy is no longer a specialized policy track for large powers; it is becoming a strategic necessity for middle powers and small states...
Why Venezuela’s Socialist Party is losing control
In Venezuela's main oil city, Maracaibo, members of the ruling socialist party have been checking local support after President Nicolas Maduro was captured by...
Iran – A US Demurral is not Necessarily a De-escalation
Fear of a wider war is influencing Washington’s latest decision to forego an immediate attack on Iran—the UAE, Qatar, and the Saudis have been...
Why American Friction with France and the UK Could Change China’s Calculus in the Indo-Pacific
The Indo-Pacific is a regional flashpoint that could see several potential armed conflicts if missteps are taken and de-escalation and deterrence are not applied....
How the German Economy Fell from Grace
With a single sentence, Chancellor Friedrich Merz broke one of Germany’s and Western Europe’s greatest political taboos, daring to question the welfare state’s sacred status...