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US Beats a Retreat: The Cost of Overstretch
Enveloped within the Conditional two-week Ceasefire deal and the dwindling Peace talks is a lesson for the US to avoid overstretching its power beyond...
Indonesia Talks Energy Transition, But Why Does Coal Still Rule?
Few countries talk about the energy transition as fluently as Indonesia does. Fewer still have done less about it. At the G20 summit in...
The Barksdale Incursion: The End of Strategic Sanctuary
The drone incursions over Barksdale Air Force Base are not a local security lapse but a visible shift in the geography of strategic competition....
Europe Without America’s Umbrella: The Case for Nuclear Independence
The Treaty on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START) officially expired in February 2026; the absence of...
RBI’s Digital Currency Proposal for the BRICS 2026 Agenda
Authors: Edberg D. Cheeran and Chris Teres Jos*
In 2026, the global financial system is witnessing a shift that could alter the functioning of world...
Vatican Opens Permanent Mission in China: The Loyalist and Pro-Beijing Catholics
Understanding the current relationship between the Vatican and China requires examining the delicate intersections between religious sovereignty and political allegiance, necessitating a careful and...
Can Trump Turn a Costly War into a Defining Peace with Iran?
In U.S.–Iran relations, there has been no shortage of “critical moments.” Yet what is unfolding today is of a different nature. Not simply because...
The Case Against False Symmetry
Brahma Chellaney's recent essay in The Hill raises a legitimate and important concern. The United States applies nuclear non-proliferation norms with troubling inconsistency. On...
How China Is Positioning Itself Ahead of the Trump–Xi Summit
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has just concluded a two-day visit (April 9–10) to North Korea, in his first trip to Pyongyang in more...
Disinformation as a Policy in a Post-truth World
On 23 March 2026, US President Donald Trump posted on a social media platform, Truth Social, that Washington and Tehran were engaged in productive...