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Agentic Financial Fraud Is Becoming a Test of State Capacity
On 31 July 2026, OpenAI disclosed that it had disrupted a Cambodia-based criminal operation using ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and law-enforcement impersonation scams. The...
Is Afghanistan a Preview of Where Global Press Freedom Is Heading?
What Five Years of Directives Add Up To
On August 10, 2026, Reporters Without Borders marked five years of Taliban rule with an assessment that...
APEC 2026: Why China Chose Shenzhen to Showcase Its Technology Power
Shenzhen will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) in November 2026, particularly given its reputation as China's Silicon Valley and a global hub...
Vietnam’s Strategic Balancing Act: How It Navigates US-China Rivalry
Vietnam is considered one of the few countries that have successfully maintained a balance between the competition for influence between the US and China...
America’s Peace Deals Need an Economic Doctrine
America’s foreign policy, is markedly robust in its deal-making energy. Since January of last year, the second Trump administration has charged forward to bring...
Rational Choice and G20: The Renewable Energy Implementation Ambiguity
Renewable energy became an essential issue in G20 meetings due to the reality of climate change in recent decades. The campaign of the energy...
Foreign Influence Is Making America’s Iran War Harder to End
Trump’s renewed talks with Tehran expose an uncomfortable reality: once war begins, foreign allies and their domestic networks can raise the political cost of...
Is Climate Diplomacy Becoming National Security Policy?
Over the last few years, there has been a significant change in how governments conceptualise and approach climate change. Climate change was previously seen...
Why North Korea Gets a Pass: Is Deterrence Enough?
On 13 June 2025, Israel attacked Iranian nuclear facilities and military leadership over Iran's uranium enrichment capacity, not even a confirmed decision of a...
Mecca Defence Pact: What It Means for China, the US and the Middle East
The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7, 2026, by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, marks an important development in the evolving security...