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How the United States Left Japan and the Philippines Squirming in Embarrassment
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio recently launched a public attack on the International Criminal Court (ICC), vowing to "dismantle the ICC—brick by brick."...
India’s Nuclear Hydrogen Moment: A World First in Search of a Strategy
For decades, India has been working on nuclear energy. India has also been working on clean energy independence for decades. On June 26, both...
When AI Attacks Financial Trust: Why ASEAN May Become the Global South’s First Test Case
In February 2026, the Bank of Italy confronted a problem that sounded almost absurd: fraudulent videos and online content were circulating with the name...
Can the United States Go it Alone? The Real Cost of a Post-NATO Defense Strategy
As the NATO summit took place July 7th through 8th in Ankara, American pressure on European leaders to meet increased defense spending benchmarks took...
Britain’s New Long-Range Strategy Has Arrived: Now It Has to Be Paid For
The rocky deployment of the HMS Dragon exposed a British military in decline, adding urgency to London's long-range strike strategy. That strategy has now...
The Geopolitics of Lunar Helium-3 pMining and the U.S. Sovereign Wealth Fund Stagnation
The greatest geopolitical and economic challenge facing the United States today is the proliferation of international Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs.) While the United States...
How Beijing Is Telling the Story of America’s 250 Years, and Why the Story Keeps Changing
When Washington celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4th, the celebrations will arrive bruised. There will be the customary...
Europe Needs a College of Europe at the Black Sea – part 1
Constanța on a summer evening can feel like a scene from another era—the sound of an old French chanson drifting over the promenade, families...
The Collapse of Traditional Opposition and the Emergence of “Networked” Politics in 2025
Introduction: The Year the Street Outsmarted the State
2024 was the year of the coup and 2025 was the year of the code. The dust...
Can the EU’s New Digital Rulebook Turn Transparency into Governance?
A regulatory package as a long-term political strategy
The European Union’s recent digital laws are often described as a regulatory package. The AI Act, the...