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Is China Turning Economic Influence in Africa into Strategic Power?
China can leverage its membership in the BRICS group and its direct investments in Africa as complementary tools to build growing economic influence that...
How Egypt Can Benefit from the China-US Rivalry in Africa
Egypt can leverage the US-China rivalry and its strategic partnership with Beijing to bolster its national security and its position as a global logistics...
The AI Race May Be Measuring the Wrong Kind of Power
Why ecosystem diffusion may matter as much as frontier supremacy
On 3 September, two announcements offered different views of AI power. OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra,...
Vietnam–France Relations: Strategic Diversification in a Fragmented World
General Secretary and President To Lam’s official visit to France on September 10, 2026, was significant not simply because it produced a new round...
How China’s Infrastructure Strategy Is Reshaping Africa’s Security and Red Sea
China is heavily utilizing its economic tools and infrastructure financing to build deep strategic influence in Africa, integrating the continent's nations into its Belt...
Bitter Harbour: The Fall of Mocha and the Remaking of the Red Sea Order
There is a particularly dark irony, at least from our perspective, in seeing the port of Mocha change hands again. This is the town...
‘Not forgotten, but ignored’: campaigners take Sudan’s war back to the Human Rights Council
Human rights organizations used the opening week of the UN Human Rights Council's 63rd session to press delegates on a conflict they say has...
China’s PLA in Egypt Signals a New Push to Reshape the Middle East Arms Market
The People's Republic of China achieved a historic and unprecedented participation in the second edition of the El Alamein International Aerospace Exhibition (EIAS 2026),...
How Banning Chinese AI Could Hurt American Innovation
The National Security Agency, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the FBI rarely sign the same document. On September 8 they jointly named...
What ‘Strategic Partnership’ Is Covering For in Pakistan’s UAE Relationship
A phrase has been circulating in Pakistani official messaging this year: the UAE relationship is moving "from enduring brotherhood to strategic partnership." It is...