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Deconstructing Turkey’s Revisionism in the Aegean and Broad Regions
Turkey escalated tensions with Greece sharply in September 2026, as denoted by a return to hardline rhetoric and friction over regional alliances in the...
India Is Building a Third Way for BRICS’ Digital Economy
The 2026 BRICS Summit in New Delhi may be remembered for more than debates over de-dollarization, geopolitical rivalry, and the growing weight of the...
India’s BRICS Moment: Can New Delhi Shape Security in West Asia?
BRICS is no longer just a diplomatic club for emerging economies. Its 11 members represent approximately 49.5% of the world's population, 40% of global...
Why Reparations Are an Inalienable Right of Africans and People of African Descent
Decades after attaining political independence, African countries have teamed up and are fiercely advocating for reparations. Historical records show that Africa endured several years...
Is China Turning Economic Influence in Africa into Strategic Power?
China can leverage its membership in the BRICS group and its direct investments in Africa as complementary tools to build growing economic influence that...
How Egypt Can Benefit from the China-US Rivalry in Africa
Egypt can leverage the US-China rivalry and its strategic partnership with Beijing to bolster its national security and its position as a global logistics...
The AI Race May Be Measuring the Wrong Kind of Power
Why ecosystem diffusion may matter as much as frontier supremacy
On 3 September, two announcements offered different views of AI power. OpenAI released GPT-6 Astra,...
Vietnam–France Relations: Strategic Diversification in a Fragmented World
General Secretary and President To Lam’s official visit to France on September 10, 2026, was significant not simply because it produced a new round...
How China’s Infrastructure Strategy Is Reshaping Africa’s Security and Red Sea
China is heavily utilizing its economic tools and infrastructure financing to build deep strategic influence in Africa, integrating the continent's nations into its Belt...
Bitter Harbour: The Fall of Mocha and the Remaking of the Red Sea Order
There is a particularly dark irony, at least from our perspective, in seeing the port of Mocha change hands again. This is the town...