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Economic Development Is Not Neutral: Understanding African Economies
Debates surrounding Africa’s economic development have spanned the field of development economics for decades. Different approaches and metrics have been used to explain the economic failures of these countries. This article argues that most metrics used to analyze African development pathways fail to address the underlying challenges and issues that need to be resolved.
Beyond Borders: What Eight Arab Teams at the North American World Cup Taught Us About Transnational Identity
The 2026 North American World Cup transformed urban streets and stadiums into vibrant, stateless platforms for the Middle Eastern and North African diaspora. This article explores how millions of fans redefined transnational identity, challenged assimilation norms, and turned global sport into a powerful voice for regional solidarity.
Huione, Cambodia, and the Limits of Anti-Money Laundering
In December 2025, Cambodia’s central bank shut down Huione Group, one of the world’s largest hubs for laundering criminal money. They laundered more than $4 billion since 2021, from “pig-butchering” scams to North Korean cyber heists. Yet Huione was no underground operation. It was a polished, licensed financial institution whose legitimate business masked a vast laundering network. Why did it take so long? The answer exposes an anti-money laundering system built, almost by design, to miss exactly this kind of institution. Huione’s shutdown is being called a victory, but is it real reform, or compliance under pressure?
Italy – Türkiye and the Double Logic of Defence Cooperation
A reflection on the Italy-Turkey defence related dependencies. Interdepence has seemingly become the normal condition of modern statehood. The question is never really whether to be dependent, but on whom, on what terms, and with what degree of awareness about what you are trading away.
Türkiye and NATO – Europe’s Future Security
The Ankara NATO summit exposed a central dilemma for European security. Türkiye is a powerful NATO ally, Black Sea gatekeeper and growing defence producer, yet remains only partly integrated into Europe’s defence-industrial architecture. As Europe rearms, Ankara’s role becomes harder to ignore and harder to resolve.
The Tyranny of Green: JIEDDO and the Illusion of Managerial Chaos Management
The JIEDDO experiment stands as the quintessential manifestation of the “Standardization Trap”, where the asymmetrical threat of the IED was reduced to a mere industrial engineering problem. By measuring progress through the deceptive lens of “green” Key Performance Indicators, the military apparatus systematically excised human reality from its strategic calculus, succumbing to a fatal cognitive distortion. This reliance on technological countermeasures—far from degrading the insurgency—merely stimulated its adaptation, turning the battlefield into a laboratory of doctrinal futility. Ultimately, the prioritization of budget management over strategic vision transformed the war into an exercise in self-referential accounting, where the obsession with statistical compliance masked a systemic inability to comprehend the political nature of the adversary and the bureaucratic management of its own defeat.
Switzerland’s population cap referendum, the vote, campaign, and its implications explained.
Was this vote potentially Switzerland’s almost ‘Brexit moment’? Swiss voters rejected a proposal to cap the total population at 10 million. Had it passed it would’ve had implications for its relations with the EU. Ultimately while unique to Switzerland’s politics, the overarching issue on immigration and identity isn’t solely constrained to it, therein being lessons for other European states.
Wave of Gen Z Protests in Morocco: Between Change and Obstacles
The confrontation between the Gen Z 212 and the Moroccon government has highlighted growing frustration among young Moroccans over public services and economic opportunities.
[Analysis] 10 years since the Brexit vote, its lasting effect on British politics and the UK-EU relationship.
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10 years on, Brexit continues to shape British politics and the UK-EU relationship. Post-Brexit global events have pushed the parties closer together however many obstacles obstruct the possibility of Britain rejoining anytime soon.
The Decline of the USMCA Renewal: Tariffs and Trade Tensions
The 2026 review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) resulted in a U.S. decline to renew and a major departure from North American trade policy. Points of contention quoted in the U.S. decline of negotiation included strict rules of origin, rising trade deficits, and trade policy on non-regional goods. This article examines the reasons behind the decline and how the decline of the renewal will affect North American economic integration.