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Turkmenistan-Uzbekistan-Tajikistan Corridor as a Possible Game Changer for China and Central Asia
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran has exposed a critical vulnerability in China’s trans-Eurasian transport network. As a result, freight traffic between Xi'an and...
AI Cities and the Global South’s Surveillance Trap
For most of history, the state was powerful but partly blind. AI cities may end that blindness, creating a new political temptation: not the...
China’s Strategy for India–Pakistan Peace in a Multipolar Asia
China could intervene to end the conflict between India and Pakistan through a combination of active diplomacy and strategic support, presenting itself as a...
Distant Water Cannot Quench a Nearby Fire: Why Europe’s China Strategy Arrives Too Late and Aims Too Low
In the space of ten days, President Xi Jinping received the two leaders most capable of reshaping the global economic order. President Donald Trump...
Strategic Integration of Ionian Upstream Assets into the Adriatic Energy Grid: Securing the Southern Flank
The South-North axis of the Ionian Sea offers Europe one of its few immediate pathways for structural energy reinforcement without requiring colossal new infrastructure...
Travel Is Not Freedom. It Is Politics
When the World Was Meant for Everyone
While we have 190+ countries in the world, South Asian countries are the ones that need to worry...
China in the Middle East: Logistics Access or Strategic Expansion?
China manages its logistical presence in the Middle East through a strategy of using civilian ports for long-term military purposes to safeguard its interests...
Education Cannot Stop at the Border: Protecting Children on the Move in Latin America and the Caribbean
Authors: Eladio Jiminez Made and Nicole Suarez Sabio*
Every day across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), many children cross borders, rivers, jungles and dangerous...
The Fantasy of Multilateralism: Resource Leverage in Times of Crisis
Every January, heads of state, finance ministers and choice executives - essentially a hand-picked bunch of individuals holding immense financial power - convene at...
How the Iran War Led China to Redefine American Power
When Xi Jinping, during his recent meeting with Donald Trump, emphasized that “Taiwan is China’s military red line” and warned that the two powers...