(Analysis) History Rhymes: Maduro, Mossadegh, and Trump’s Oil Interests
Comparing Trump’s extraction of Maduro to the 1953 Iranian coup.
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(Analysis) When Taiwan Becomes the Flashpoint: Inside the Latest Japan-China Tensions
Since Sanae Takaichi’s recent statement on Japan’s potential “survival-threatening situation,” diplomatic relations between China, Japan, and Taiwan have reached a crisis point. All three countries are navigating these new tensions. This article analyses and traces the recent debates and discussions in the three countries.
The Failure of State-Centric Counterterrorism: Misconception and Standardization in Post-2001 Afghanistan
The collapse of Kabul was no mere operational mishap; it was the final epitaph of a global security model crippled by doctrinal hubris. The failure of Mission Resolute Support is rooted in the Standardization Trap—the illusion that linear institutional models can be exported into contexts that inherently reject their ontology. Through systematic mirror imaging, the West mistook asymmetric resilience for pyramidal hierarchies, reducing strategy to a futile exercise in military technocracy. This profound intellectual blindness reveals a stubborn insistence on fighting the enemy one desires to face, while ignoring the one that actually exists.
(Analysis) AI: Friend, Fad, Or Foe? Davos 2026 Sets The Stage For An Increasing Interest In AI’s Long-term Impact
Artificial intelligence featured prominently at the 2026 World Economic Forum, framed as both a driver of productivity and a source of strategic uncertainty. Investments and leadership forecasts pointed to rapid capability gains, yet implementation data suggested that many organisations remain in pilot phases with uneven impact across sectors. At the same time, divergent regulatory approaches, emerging rules on deepfakes and electoral integrity, and ongoing debates about data governance highlighted a widening gap between technological development and institutional readiness.
(Analysis) Is Connectivity A Global Trend That May “Save MENA” from Eternal Confrontation?
Connectivity is emerging as a strategic framework linking states through shared infrastructure, trade, and human exchange. By offering a logic of engagement rooted in concrete economic interests rather than ideological alignment, it may enable MENA countries to gradually overcome patterns of historical enmity acting as a catalyst for regional stability.
The political challenges overshadowing the Dutch government’s European ambitions.
Rob Jetten’s government has an ambitious European agenda. However domestic political conditions may impede its ability to realise these.
Regime Resilience and the Limits of Coercion: Three Scenarios for the Iran War
This analysis maps three scenarios for the US-Israeli war on Iran — frozen attrition, structural escalation, and regime change — evaluated along three axes: IRGC resilience, the limits of coercive strategy, and the fractures emerging within the Western alliance architecture.
Russian Strategy of Information Warfare in the Sahel
Russia has been actively shaping local politics in the Sahel through its propaganda network, utilizing large state-owned conglomerates, African outlets, and grassroots movements.
It’s Not Me, It’s You: What Can the International Community Do To Counter Coercion in the Second Trump Term?
By reviewing key public addresses by European leaders and some European trade data, what can we gather about the options the EU has at its disposal when considering relations with the US?
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[ARTICLE] European Narratives and Strategies to Survive in a Changing World
One of the main challenges affecting the EU structure is the absence of a shared strategic narrative to unite all member states and develop a common strategic path to navigate global uncertainties. This narrative would be a geopolitical compass based on geopolitical necessities and threats, that would guide the EU’s foreign policy and diplomacy.