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Africa Energy Week: Africa Must Prioritize Its Energy Security
Convening energy ministers, investors, financiers, and experts for the next African Energy Week (AEW), on October 12–16, in Cape Town, South Africa, aims at...
Kazakhstan’s Kurultai Reform: How AI and Digital Governance Are Reshaping Central Asia
Kazakhstan has very recently completed a major constitutional reform. On 23 August 2026, the Central Asian state held the first election of deputies to...
When Orientalism Becomes a Career: From James Mill to Jared Kushner
In Benjamin Disraeli’s 1847 novel Tancred, there is a short line that Edward Said would return to more than a century later: “The East...
Germany’s Zeitenwende: The Turning Point Before 2029
On February 27, 2022, three days into a war nobody in Berlin had planned for, Olaf Scholz walked into an emergency session of the...
AI Governance Must Not Become a Geopolitical Battlefield
As Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Donald Trump prepare to meet next week, artificial intelligence governance will stand as one of the...
Ratcliffe in Cairo: Why China Is Watching U.S.-Egypt Security Ties
China's Ministry of State Security (MSS) is monitoring the surprise official visit of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Cairo on Sunday, September 20, 2026,...
Indonesia Mobilizes 1,800 Tons of Household Gold to Strengthen the Rupiah
Global money is fracturing. As central banks hoard physical gold at record rates, weaponised sanctions, politicised payment networks, and persistent global inflation have exposed...
Tripping Up US AI rivals Turns Into Tripping Up China
In the United States, public skepticism over the misuse of AI technology and cybersecurity risks continues to grow. Real-world problems such as controversies surrounding...
US Space Weaponization: What It Means to China and Russia?
The United States (US) Air Force Secretary, Troy Meink, recently stated that the US has weapons stationed in Earth’s orbit. Some experts worldwide see...
Washington’s Oil Takeover of Venezuela
Eight months after U.S. forces captured Nicolás Maduro, Washington’s involvement in Venezuela has moved far beyond politics. The United States is now gaining a...