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Lessons from German-Dutch Military Integration for Japan and South Korea
The NATO Response Force (NRF) and EU Battlegroups have demonstrated that placing multinational forces on standby does not automatically make them immediately operational. German-Dutch...
Healing Amid Chaos: Listening to Reason at the Eleventh Hour
“When you have listened to Reason, it is wise to agree that all things are one.” -Heraclitus, Fragments
In world politics, nothing is disconnected. Though...
Between Washington and Beijing: Can Central Asia Preserve Its Multi-Vector Technology Policy?
The United States is preparing to tell dozens of partner countries that they may have to choose between American and Chinese approaches to cooperation...
How the Houthis’ Control of Bab el-Mandeb Could Reshape Red Sea Shipping
Yemen's civil war has returned to the centre of a much wider regional conflict. In September, the Iran-aligned Houthis launched a rapid offensive along...
The War That Survived Its Enemy
Twenty-five years after September 11, the Twin Towers are gone from New York’s skyline, Osama bin Laden has been dead for more than fifteen...
Why the Fed’s Hike Won’t Bring Gulf Money Back to Wall Street
TODAY'S NUMBERS:
3.75%–4.00% (Fed's new rate, first hike since 2023) · 100.07 (Dollar Index) · $127.08bn (Korea's 2026 portfolio outflow). The dollar's rebound is being...
The Myth of a Multipolar World: Why the Global Order Is Becoming More Bipolar, Not Less
The idea that the world is becoming multipolar has acquired the status of conventional wisdom. It is repeated by governments, international organizations, business leaders,...
Söder’s Loyalty to Merz Is Real. It’s Also Free
Within days of the CDU's worst-ever state election result, CSU leader Markus Söder ruled out any move against Chancellor Friedrich Merz "under no circumstances,"...
Europe Reopens the Frozen-Assets Fight: Who Wins If Russia’s €210 Billion Finally Moves?
TODAY'S NUMBERS
$4,307 (gold, a record) · 4.99% (US 10-year Treasury yield, a 19-year high) · $104.59 (Brent crude, down for a second day). Record...
The Most Dangerous Number in Germany’s Sunday Votes Isn’t the AfD’s
In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, incumbent SPD premier Manuela Schwesig leads her AfD challenger, Leif-Erik Holm, 60% to 25% in head-to-head polling. It is not close. And...