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Is the Pledge to spend 5% on Defense a NATO Suicide Pact?
Economically it is fair to ask how long the Americans, set on their current fiscal path, will be able to support their current defense...
WAIC 2026: China’s AI Governance Model vs. the West
The 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and the High-Level Meeting on (Global AI Governance) will be held in Shanghai, China from July 17 to...
Netanyahu’s Defiance and the Global Populist Challenge
Israel’s government has crossed a line that previous governments had avoided. In early July 2026, the cabinet openly declared that it would not recognize...
Who Is Allowed to Coordinate in the Middle East Crisis
In late May, with the talks to end the Iran war stalled, the US president threatened to blow up Oman if it did not,...
Left of Boom: Moroccan Intelligence and the Changing Face of Sahelian Terrorism
The September 11 attacks fundamentally reshaped modern counterterrorism doctrine. Out of that transformation emerged what is now known as the Left of Boom approach. Rather than...
The Increasing Influence of Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds
Gulf sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) have hit a record high of $53.9 billion investments throughout 2026 so far. The countries own trillions of dollars...
Is China’s Digital Yuan Becoming a Settlement Tool? The Geopolitics of Monetary Hedging
China’s digital yuan has spent years being judged by the wrong test. Most attention has focused on whether ordinary users would abandon Alipay or...
Why US Middle East Policy Keeps Failing, From Iraq to Iran
The Middle East - for many Western observers - is something akin to Long Covid. One day you believe you are through the worst...
Renewed Gulf Hostilities, Elevated Regional and Global Uncertainty
The United States and Iran traded new attacks overnight into Thursday, intensifying an exchange that has threatened the collapse of their agreement to end...
Starved of Silicon: China Built Its Own
For four years, Washington has attempted to build a sophisticated industrial wall. This blockade aimed to stop China from getting the computer chips needed...