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When Copenhagen Said No to Patriot: A Signal of Europe’s Strategic Awakening
There is a question European governments have returned to repeatedly in recent years, and it is one that few seem entirely comfortable answering: how...
Ben-Gvir’s French Ban and Washington’s Failure of Discipline
From Criticism to Consequence
France’s decision to bar Itamar Ben-Gvir from its territory should not be treated as a diplomatic earthquake. It will not stop...
APEC Suzhou Meeting Highlights Global South Role and Multipolarity After Iran War
The significance of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) trade ministers' meeting, held on May 22-23, 2026, in Suzhou, eastern China, lay in the issuance...
Why an Open Economy is Crucial for China
Authors: Kung Chan and Xia Ri*
The current era of de-globalization, marked by restructured supply chains and intensifying geopolitical conflicts, has forced major economies inward....
How Unpredictability Is Rewriting the Atlantic Alliance
There is a point at which unpredictability ceases to function as a negotiating instrument and begins to function as noise. Donald Trump has not...
China’s Massive Xinjiang Nuclear Base: Taiwan, Iran War, and the DF-41 Threat to America
China's development of its strategic nuclear bases and facilities in the Xinjiang desert (Lop Nur region) and the expansion of its ballistic missile ranges...
How Israel Emptied Southern Lebanon Far Beyond the Front Lines
The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon, established last month, has not brought relief to civilians. Many are being forced to leave their homes due to...
AI Cities and the Global South’s Surveillance Trap
For most of history, the state was powerful but partly blind. AI cities may end that blindness, creating a new political temptation: not the...
China’s Strategy for India–Pakistan Peace in a Multipolar Asia
China could intervene to end the conflict between India and Pakistan through a combination of active diplomacy and strategic support, presenting itself as a...
Distant Water Cannot Quench a Nearby Fire: Why Europe’s China Strategy Arrives Too Late and Aims Too Low
In the space of ten days, President Xi Jinping received the two leaders most capable of reshaping the global economic order. President Donald Trump...