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The First Draft Is No Longer Theirs
At roughly 4am on 30 July, a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile came down in farmland near Tarnawa-Kolonia, Poland, after Polish radar lost track of...
Beyond Rare Earths: Kazakhstan’s Untapped Germanium Potential
Since returning to office in January of 2025, President Trump has made securing critical mineral supply chains a cornerstone of his political and economic...
Mecca Pact: How Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan Are Reshaping West Asia’s Security
The Mecca Compact in Brief
On 7 August 2026, in the presence of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed the...
NATO’s Escalation Problem: The New Psychology of Russian Provocation
Every time Russia crosses a line NATO said mattered and NATO's response looks functionally identical to its response to the previous violation, the alliance...
Senate Shelves Crypto Market-Structure Bill, But Wall Street Keeps Buying Bitcoin
The US Senate will not vote on crypto's most consequential piece of pending legislation before lawmakers leave Washington for their August recess, leaving the...
When Politics Goes into Extra Time: How Trump Turned FIFA into a Battleground of Power
FIFA has now abandoned its controversial plan to sell a stake in World Cup commercial rights, after opposition from Europe and other football confederations...
Trump’s Brazil Tariffs: Causing a Pivot to Asia
Trump's economic strategy has widely been tied into the weaponisation of tariffs. The US-China trade war, beginning in 2018 during Trump's first term, culminated...
The Insurance Ceasefire
On 21 July, Houthi forces announced a blockade of Saudi Arabian ports. The next day, the spot rate to move a very large crude...
Cairo’s Shadow War in Sudan: Drones, Borders and a Fading Army Ally
Egypt has moved from rhetorical backing of Sudan’s army to active enabler of its war effort, with a covert drone hub on Egyptian soil...
The Gold Was Never About Inflation
On 23 July, the EU adopted its 21st and largest sanctions package against Russia — 218 listings, asset freezes on 94 banks, the first-ever...