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In a significant escalation of hostilities, Israel’s recent strikes on Iranian military facilities signal a critical turning... Read More

As the dust settles on the latest confrontation between Israel and Iran in the Middle East, the nature of the Israeli strikes against Tehran... Read More

Accession to the EU needs to be complemented by the security alliance Read More

BRICS Summit failed to announce alternative to US dollar-dominated global payment system as Global South still deeply dependent on US... Read More

Despite the recent rancor, the peace treaty between Israel and Jordan continues to deliver invaluable economic and security dividends to both... Read More

One of the country’s biggest exasperations is Western policymakers trying to strong-arm them into hasty political reform.   Read More

I’ve encountered some version of this missive throughout the course of my career.  Read More

Ayatollah Khamenei now understands the depth of Israeli intelligence capabilities and Iran's own potential vulnerabilities   Read More

In 2012, as the Islamic Republic showed signs of buckling under the weight of US and EU sanctions, Senator John Kerry spearheaded a series of... Read More

On October 26, 2024, Israel launched strikes on a security site in Tehran and on the Parchin and... Read More

The government was right to restrain the attack. We cannot risk a full-scale war with Iran at the moment.   Read More

In countries seeking to join the EU, the European Dream is running into the Russian fist.   Read More

What a shambles that was: Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, presented the European Parliament with a fairly... Read More

US, China and Russia all flexing military muscles in East Asian waters, threatening a great power conflict that will truly shake the... Read More

As the U.S. election approaches, China is on the hunt for the “new Henry Kissinger” — someone who is a friend of Beijing... Read More

Lost in the 2024 election shuffle, Honduras is walking an economic tightrope. Faced with an unprecedented currency crisis, the... Read More

The Commonwealth is an assembly of 56 countries, vastly different in wealth, values, objectives, size and location. Read More

After surviving an abortive party revolt this week and with his personal popularity ratings in free fall, Canada’s Prime... Read More

Businessmen and social media influencers will converge upon an island paradise this weekend, but it won’t be in Ibiza.   Read More

Africa presents a uniquely complex challenge for China. Political instability — wars, coups, civil unrest — poses challenges that... Read More

For the United States and its NATO allies, Russia's actions present an opportunity to recalibrate their approach—not just to contain... Read More

The “elimination” of Yahya Sinwar in a tunnel in southern Gaza was a bit of serendipity. An Israeli patrol reportedly saw three... Read More

Fareed Zakaria’s “America First” is a lazy exercise in the abuse of history.   Read More

Just over three weeks after Iran attacked Israel with 200 ballistic missiles, the Israeli Air Force (IAF) finally launched a retaliatory... Read More

If Ukraine remains on its current strategic trajectory, Kyiv could lose the war sometime in 2025. This is an avoidable outcome if action is... Read More

Could give Ukrainians an opportunity to kill many of Kim’s soldiers, damaging the new North Korea-Russia alliance   Read More

With no true foreign policy experience, no record, and no solid instincts, she will defer to the failed twenty-first-century liberal... Read More

The world’s financial leaders are gathered in Washington, ostensibly to discuss technical stuff: debt, inflation, interest rates.... Read More

Sometimes it is hard to know who to believe during a crisis. Optimists in Germany might take solace in a... Read More

The Georgian government has been effectively exploiting the country’s war trauma, and it could give them a lead in the... Read More

The conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) is one of the most complex and prolonged in sub-Saharan Africa, characterised by... Read More

When Franklin Delano Roosevelt hosted Saudi King Ibn Saud onboard the USS Quincy as he returned from the 1945 Yalta Conference, few expected... Read More

In his first autobiography, My Early Life: A Roving Commission, Winston Churchill set down a timeless formula for thinking about... Read More

Cuba has endured one of its toughest weeks in years after a nationwide blackout which left around 10 million Cubans without power for several... Read More

The pieces are in place for Mexico to take off as a manufacturing mecca. US-China tensions have opened the door for an export surge.... Read More

I was recently watching the video “Are Populists Destroying Democracy?” on the IEA’s Youtube channel, in which the... Read More

The potential return of Donald Trump to the White House could affect US support for key Italian priorities. Giorgia Meloni should drop the... Read More

Once again the reality of war may be dictating the direction of global politics. Read More

Under heavy attack from Israel, the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been seriously weakened militarily in recent weeks, with many... Read More

The end is finally in sight. In a week’s time, the winner of the Conservative leadership contest will be announced.  Read More

Over the summer, Sweden’s justice ministry released a report on immigration that may well go down as a landmark in... Read More

When Sahra Wagenknecht founded her new “Left-conservative” BSW party earlier this year, it seemed as if it might fill a gaping... Read More