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Is the G20 Becoming a Bilateral Summit With Extra Chairs?
The G20 was cartographed because the world economy had become too interconnected to be managed by a handful of powerful states. In 2026, that...
Is Russia’s Hybrid Campaign Against Europe Bigger Than Anyone Confirmed Until Now?
More than 150,000 Moldovans is the kind of figure that can distort a story as easily as it clarifies one. It suggests a hidden...
America Asked Allies to Do More. They Are Also Preparing for a Less Predictable Washington
Taiwan has proposed an 18% increase in its defense budget for 2027, pushing military spending above 3% of GDP as Chinese military and political...
Can Russia’s Security-for-Resources Model Defeat Terrorism in West Africa?
The Confederation of Sahel States (Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger) increasingly use a security-for-resources barter model for fighting against growing terrorism in West Africa....
Xi Jinping’s Egypt Visit: How China Is Expanding Its Influence in the Middle East
The upcoming official visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to Egypt, scheduled for August 30 to September 3, 2026, coincides with the Shanghai Cooperation...
Between Trade and Threat: Southeast Asia’s Difficult Balance Between China and the U.S.
Rivalry between the United States and China plays a pivotal role in the geopolitical dynamics of Southeast Asia. There are many challenging decisions to...
Africa’s Missing Continuum of Capital
Africa does not simply have a shortage of capital. Its deeper problem is that the capital mobilized by its financial systems does not consistently...
Nuclear Escalation Scenarios: Impact Of American and Russian “Firebreak” Theories on Israeli Security Doctrine
“Theory is a net. Only those who cast, can catch.”- Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery (1959)
In assessing Israel’s nuclear deterrence and escalation...
Can Xi Jinping’s AI Vision Bridge the Divide with America’s Tech Giants?
The second World Robot Games kicked off in Beijing, China, from August 22nd to 26th, 2026. 2,056 robots representing 666 teams from 16 countries...
When AI Agents Cross Borders: Rogue Automation Is the New Test of Digital Sovereignty
Here’s a realistic scenario how the next serious crisis around digital sovereignty will play out. It will not be a conventional cyberattack. An AI...