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Is China a Perennial Developing Country (As it Claims) or a Developed Country (As Others Assert)? It Matters
The answer depends on a combination of steadfast official Chinese pronouncements that hinge on self-identity and how “developing country status” is defined. The truth...
The Summit Is Not the Relationship: What Xi and Trump Can Actually Stabilize
When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet again in Washington, the most important question will not be whether they shake hands, announce another trade...
Frozen Russian Assets, Take Two: What Europe’s Revived €210 Billion Plan Means for Ukraine, Belgium and the Euro
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€210bn (frozen Russian assets Brussels wants to mobilize) · €90bn (fallback EU loan already agreed) · €23.1bn (Ukraine's funding gap even with that...
Canadians March off to fight a Trade War while Europe Watches
Authors: Raymond James Floreani and Julian Spencer Churchill PhD
Friday, August 21st, 2026, is a day that will certainly be etched into the minds of...
There’s No Neutral Sensor Left in the Arctic — Here’s What That Means for NATO and China
On 6 June 2026, the NATO research vessel Alliance slipped out of La Spezia, Italy, bound for the High North. Its mission, Task Force...
Is Washington Quietly Resetting Its Approach to Ending the War in Ukraine?
Land can be surrendered only once. A security guarantee can be reconsidered whenever a government changes or another war demands Washington’s attention. This becomes...
Brussels Can Now Sanction Any Refinery Buying Russian Oil. Why Did It Give the First One Six Months to Comply?
On July 23 the European Union used its newest sanctions tool for the first time. Buried inside its twenty first package against Russia was...
The Ulchi Freedom Shield Cuts: Why Did the US Rattle Its Most Important Asian Ally?
When a US president scales back military exercises with a key Pacific ally hours before they begin, and offers two contradictory reasons for doing...
The Patriot Problem: America Can’t Build Missiles Fast Enough
On July 23, Volodymyr Zelensky told Ukrainians that Raytheon wanted to help produce Patriot interceptors on Ukrainian-linked lines. Five days later, Lockheed Martin signed...
A Closer Look at Iran’s Hardliner-Reform Divide
The hardliner–pragmatist divide is a useful analytical framework for understanding the main disagreement over the war, but the reality of power within the Islamic...