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War Games or Readiness Tests? How Taiwan Drives PLA Evolution and Regional Calculations
The significance of the Chinese military exercises known as “Justice Mission 2025” around Taiwan lies in their crucial role for Beijing in projecting power,...
“Dignity” and “Thought”: When the American President Declares War on Reason
“All our dignity consists in thought.”-Blaise Pascal, Pensées
It’s a New Year. For the most part, penetrating thought remains the veiled province of academic specialists....
How Emerging Technologies Are Redefining the Future of Warfare
The impact of emerging technologies on the character of war and operational art must be understood with conceptual distinction. Carl Von Clausewitz has defined...
Steps Taken Towards a European Sky Shield
Amid growing Russian drone and aerial incursions outside of Ukraine, European NATO members are discussing ways to mitigate the Kremlin’s provocations while simultaneously strengthening...
The Year of Living Dangerously – Europe and US Trade Relations in 2026
Upon entering the White House in January 2025, Donald Trump launched a trade policy ostensibly to reduce the US trade deficit with major partners,...
Chinese Intelligence Sees Israeli Ties with Taiwan, Somaliland as Coordinated Challenge
On Monday, December 29, 2025, the Chinese Foreign Ministry expressed its strong opposition to Israel's official recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. China's...
Russia’s Military Diplomacy in Africa: High Risk, Low Reward, Limited Impact
The South African Institute of International Affairs, a Johannesburg-based foreign policy think tank, has released a special report on Russia-Africa relations. According to the...
Are China’s Taiwan Drills a Blueprint to Counter an “Iron Dome” of the Pacific?
On December 29, 2025, the Eastern Theater Command of the People's Liberation Army of China conducted joint military exercises, codenamed “Mission Justice 2025,” which...
Can You Recognize a State That Doesn’t Exist?
On December 26, 2025, a long-lasting equilibrium in the Horn of Africa is disturbed by Israel becoming the first UN member to recognize Somaliland,...
How Critical Minerals Became the New Oil
The green transition was meant to be the great moral project of this generation. Instead, it is quietly hardening into a new arena of...