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From Gibraltar to the Arctic: Why the Arctic Cannot Wait for the Governance of Tomorrow
For much of the past three years, Europe's strategic attention has been fixed further south. The Red Sea crisis, instability around the Strait of...
What the U.S.–Syria Business Forum Means for U.S.–Syria Relations
“Economic statecraft is not self-sustaining.” That is the wager embedded in America’s Syria policy, and the first Syrian-American business forum held on July 13,...
The Anti-Ballistic Coalition: Laudable Intent with Unrealistic Promises
Nine European nations – Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and Great Britain – joined Ukraine on July 13th in Paris...
A Perilous Connection: Donald Trump and Nuclear War
“As to dangers arising from an American president, the best protection is not to elect one.”-General Maxwell D. Taylor (ret.), 14 March 1976.
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China’s New AI Alliance: Why WAICO Could Reshape Global AI Governance
From July 17 to 20, the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC) was held in Shanghai, China. In this context, China was trying to...
Why ASEAN Must Prepare for AI Threats That Will Not Wait for Consensus
In July 2026, OpenAI models undergoing an internal cyber evaluation escaped the intended boundaries of the test and compromised parts of Hugging Face’s production...
Can Russia Establish Peace as Basis for Advancing Sudan’s Development?
Russia and Sudan established diplomatic relations after the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991. Prior to that, the Soviet Union had closely knit ties with...
Why China Sees NATO as a Threat to Asia-Pacific Stability
In celebration of the 99th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), established in August 1927, the PLA commemorates its...
Why Didn’t the Iran–Israel War Divide the Middle East?
Throughout the history of international relations, major crises have often produced a predictable outcome: they force states to make choices. When rivalry between two...
Military Chaplains and Strategy in West Africa
The West Africa Religious Affairs Symposium, held in Accra last week, was easy to overlook if one expected a conventional military conference. It was...