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The Story We’re Not Telling About El-Obeid: SAF’s Human Shields and Trapped Civilians
The battle for El-Obeid is being framed almost exclusively as a story of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) encirclement, but an honest reckoning also requires...
ASEAN’s AI Boom Has a Geopolitical Due-Diligence Problem
In March 2026, Iranian drone strikes damaged Amazon Web Services facilities in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Infrastructure built to support the Gulf’s...
OPEC+’s Upcoming August Meeting: Fuel Considerations due to Hormuz Volatility
The first attacks on the Strait of Hormuz had world leaders concerned about effects on global energy supply. 20% of the world's energy passes...
The Paradox of Central Asian Integration: From Hegemonic Dependency to a Trans-Regional “Chain Coalition”
Central Asia is a complex and geopolitically significant area, comprising five ethnic-based republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The region’s current security system...
Why China Is Cheering the Egypt-Turkey ‘Golden Eagle’ Exercises
The joint military exercises between Egypt and Turkey, particularly the Golden Eagle exercises, are a crucial strategic axis for reshaping the security landscape in...
The Strait of Hormuz Is Where Every Iran Ceasefire Goes to Die
On the morning of 7 July, an Iranian vessel struck three commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Within 48 hours — at the...
How the United States Left Japan and the Philippines Squirming in Embarrassment
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently launched a public attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC), vowing to "dismantle the ICC—brick by brick."...
The Geopolitics of Lunar Helium-3 pMining and the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund Stagnation
The greatest geopolitical and economic challenge facing the United States today is the proliferation of international Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs.) While the United States...
Europe Needs a College of Europe at the Black Sea – part 1
Constanța on a summer evening can feel like a scene from another era—the sound of an old French chanson drifting over the promenade, families...
Is NATO Preparing for a Long War With Russia?
In the shadows cast by the protracted conflict in the Middle East, the 32 member states of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) gathered...