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The dramatic surge in U.S. military power in the Caribbean since August 2025 — anchored by the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford, the... Read More

One by one, they are singing, the men who used to do dirty deeds for the late Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chávez and his... Read More

Since taking office, Javier Milei has sought to apply his recipe for pure liberalism to his government. In this sense, his administration has... Read More

French lawmakers will begin Friday what appears to be their final shot to green-light fiscal plans for 2026 before the end of the year. Read More

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently declared that the “Pax Americana” in which the United States guaranteed... Read More

Poland, with its pragmatic patriotism, is being unfairly overlooked by Western policymakers looking for solutions to the polycrisis they are... Read More

Creating various organizational structures will not substitute for addressing actual power dynamics on the ground   Read More

On December 5, the White House released the new US National Security Strategy, which marked a serious shift in Washington’s foreign... Read More

The US must send a clear and immediate message to Ankara and Damascus that attempts to militarily reshape northern Syria are... Read More

Russia’s reliance on North Korea is one of the clearest side-stories of the Ukraine war—and it will matter as President Donald... Read More

The United States and Japan’s vague, ahistorical version of the “one China” policy is inflaming tensions with... Read More

As Japan weathers pressure from China after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said last month that an attack on Taiwan would constitute a... Read More

As Christmas approaches, we should celebrate the resilience of normal people and defend a tradition that has become so important to... Read More

The Oct. 23 announcement that Airbus, Thales and Leonardo will merge their satellite operations was a historic development for the... Read More

With the year's end fast approaching, it's time to look ahead to the elections that could reshuffle global power dynamics in 2026. Here are a... Read More

We get the world we praise and support. If you honor and reward a behavior, you get more of it. If you don’t support what you need... Read More

Economic planning for systemic rivalry: The Fourth Plenum ratified the culmination of a decade-long project to fuse national planning,... Read More

"Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America. Read More

This week, the White House christened illicit fentanyl and its “core precursors” a weapon of mass destruction, following... Read More

While we should credit the drafters of the 2025 NSS with an understanding of the moment, the document develops no coherent strategy to... Read More

There was a widespread European reaction of offended sensibilities last week to the customary statement of a relatively new US administration... Read More

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says up to five draft peace documents for Ukraine are nearly complete, including proposals for long-term U.S.-backed... Read More

European leaders rallying support for Kyiv say they are working to defend a democratic country, safeguard international law and counter... Read More

The idea of offering unilateral US security guarantees to Ukraine is an appalling idea that risks war with Russia. It means the US is willing... Read More

Those who have lived in Ireland for any length of time will have noticed that the political consensus here is extremely left-wing.   Read More

The resurgence of great-power competition has returned maritime power and industrial capacity to the center of strategic thinking. In this... Read More

No matter how you spin it, the tariffs are hurting American jobs and wallets. Read More

As President Trump recently remarked, his tariffs are “taking in trillions of dollars,” leading to “record... Read More

The jihadist threat is less fragmented than it has seemed Read More

The tragedy of the Bondi Beach massacre of Australian Jewish people celebrating Hanukkah is that it is the tragedy everyone saw coming. Read More

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation concluded its emergency food delivery operations last month after delivering more than 187 million... Read More

America’s propaganda media wouldn’t know what a real “attack” on press freedom would look like if it hit them in the... Read More

The end of the Cold War ushered in a long period of make-believe in American foreign policy. We saw ourselves, in the words of former... Read More

The world exhaled when President Trump and Xi Jinping struck their tactical détente in South Korea in October, slashing... Read More

Victory in Ukraine will prove elusive without finding ways to counter Russia’s use of illicit maritime trade to sustain its war... Read More

It was inevitable. The warning signs were unmistakable. The Jewish families who gathered at Bondi Beach in Sydney to celebrate Hanukkah were... Read More

Pax Silica sounds like the future because, in many respects, it is. In an era where artificial intelligence is reorganising the global... Read More

Global security depends on a strong Europe. That won’t happen until the EU ceases its regulatory imperialism.    Read More

Without doubt, the publication of the 2025 US National Security Strategy signals more than a policy shift; it marks a profound... Read More