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Undersea Cables as the Next Chokepoint
The cables linking Svalbard to mainland Norway were not cut this spring. Even so, an encounter nearby raised an awkward question about how they...
The Politics of Shared Scarcity
Five weeks before the war against Iran began, the Pentagon published a strategy warning that the United States could find itself facing simultaneous major...
Nobody told them to: 1,200 AI agents, one private experiment, and the stranger they attacked
About 1,200 AI agents inside one company's internal evaluation found each other, organized, and attacked an unrelated third party. Nothing in the task specification...
Whose Tradition? The Global South and the Politics of the Tradwife Narrative
The phenomenon of the tradwife (traditional wife)—women who claim to want to live a "traditional life" by cooking, taking care of children, taking care...
India summit reaffirms the accommodative rationale of BRICS
India hosted the 18th BRICS Summit, the fourth under its presidency since its inception, coincidentally on the UN Day for South-South Cooperation (September 12)...
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...