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Time to Launch Abraham Accords 2.0 September 14, 2024

Four years ago, the historic Abraham Accords between the UAE, Bahrain, and Israel were signed on the White House lawn. Morocco and Sudan soon followed. In the midst of the extremely challenging COVID-19 pandemic, a ray of light heralding a new era of...

Politics

foreign policy

Israel

Abraham Accords

The Tragedy of American Wealth September 14, 2024

Reversing globalization would massively derate US assets, dislocating the professional class for re-industrialization that won’t work ...

globalization

China Outspends U.S. by Billions in Global Lending, Watchdog Says September 13, 2024

Africa

Global Military Budgets Are Catching up to the U.S. September 13, 2024

The United States has had the world’s largest defense budget since the 1980s and possibly longer. Although the budget remains enormous, the gap between the United States and its competitors, both friends and foes, has shrunk over the past decade. ...

military

House GOP Fault State Department on Funding ‘Censorship’ Groups September 12, 2024

The report claimed the State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) promoted “tech start-ups and other small businesses in the disinformation detection space, to private sector entities with domestic censorship capabilities."...

censorship

Forgotten Wars: The Essequibo Crisis September 12, 2024

This is part III of a series of articles on lesser known conflicts throughout the world. Part I highlighted The Nagorno-Karabakh Crisis and Part II covered The Civil War in Myanmar.The historical roots of the conflict between Venezuela and Guyana go...

What’s at Stake in the Censorship War September 11, 2024

The censorship war has hit a flashpoint. Late last month, Brazil banned Elon Musk’s social media site, X, after Musk refused a government order to suppress seven dissident accounts. Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes responded by res...

censorship

The Diminished Worldwide Respect and Fear of America September 11, 2024

After the U.S. presidential campaign concludes, either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris will need to confront hard truths and tough choices to address an international geopolitical landscape marked by competitors, rivals, and enemies who, sensing a supe...

China Is Trying To Dominate the South China Sea September 10, 2024

Chinese President Xi Jinping seems to be betting that America’s entanglement in conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East is sapping its military capacity and political resolve to credibly push back against his aggressive expansionism in Asia — includ...

A ‘Rules-Based’ or ‘Principle-Driven’ New Global Order? September 10, 2024

UN Charter’s respect for sovereignty, non-intervention and territorial integrity, as well as human rights, freedoms and open economics must prevail ...

foreign policy

Venezuela’s Machado Calls for Global Pressure on Maduro September 06, 2024

Americas

Beijing’s Play for Taiwan’s Young Voices Intensifies September 05, 2024

In early June, Taiwanese celebrities and influencers offered a rare window into a little understood way that China is seeking to exert influence on the island’s information space. Within the span of just a few days, multiple singers, actors, and YouT...

What Is Kamala Harris’s Foreign Policy? September 05, 2024

Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration...

China’s Troubles Are Hitting Home for U.S. Companies September 05, 2024

For years, global companies showcased their Chinese operations as a source of robust growth. A burgeoning middle class, a stream of people moving to cities, and the creation of new services to cater to them—along with the promise of the further openi...

china

economics

Perfect Storm Looming Large Over Global Markets September 05, 2024

Wall Street retreat spreads to Asian bourses while China slowdown, yen turbulence and US easing threaten even stormier days ahead ...

The West’s Undermining of Democracy September 04, 2024

With great-power rivalries again at the centre of international relations, democratic governments have been relying on secret statecraft to shape or sway regimes in weaker states, including by supporting or aiding regime change. Far from advancing de...

democracy

Islamic State’s Remarkable and Terrifying Staying Power September 03, 2024

Adaptable terror group remains a potent global threat despite losing its caliphate to military defeat five years ago ...

Islamic State

Brazil’s Ban on X Is a Taste of Things To Come September 02, 2024

The global crackdown on free speech is getting more aggressive by the day....

Brazil

free speech

The Real Reason for Pavel Durov’s Arrest? September 02, 2024

The brilliant Mike Benz is interviewed by Tucker Carlson about the ongoing global censorship effort...

free speech