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The Weaponisation of Supply Chains: Chips, Rare Earths, and Economic Warfare
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the move toward a green transition built on renewable energy are fundamentally restructuring the global economy. While...
China’s Defense Strategy in Asia and the Middle East
China employs a dual defense strategy focused on securing energy routes and protecting economic interests. In the Middle East, it strengthens its presence through...
Putin-Xi Meeting: Strategic Alignment or Managed Distrust?
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, arrived in Beijing on 20th May, 2026, for a high-level visit just following the meeting between Trump and...
Nigeria’s Oil Sector Under Pressure After Abu Dhabi’s OPEC Exit
After 60 years as a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has decided to officially...
Donald Trump Transfers Troops to Poland: The Rise of the Eastern Front
Europe – From Pillar to “Periphery”
On April 27, 2026, while visiting the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium high school in Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz...
Silence as Policy: The Security Council’s Failing in Myanmar
After the sudden military coup in 2021 dismantled and overthrew Myanmar’s new democratic government, the country has been controlled by a military junta led...
Why Keeping Silence on Taiwan Is No Longer Safe
Strategic ambiguity, the US policy of neither explicitly supporting nor opposing Taiwanese independence, has been considered effective for decades in maintaining stability in the...
Artificial Intelligence in the Interregnum: Technology and the Reconfiguration of Meaning
There are moments in history when civilizations continue to advance materially while progressively losing confidence in the values and structures that once gave direction...
Why China Matters in Trump’s Iran and Pakistan Negotiations
China is playing the role of diplomatic mediator through Pakistan to reduce American influence and promote a multipolar world order led by China and...
ASEAN Built a Rules-Based Strategy. Trump May Prefer Deals
ASEAN leaders were trying to consolidate a vastly different vision for a regional order just days before Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for a...