Economics

Dimitra Staikou Sun Tzu’s timeless maxim — “The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting” — aptly captures China’s current approach to Taiwan. Rather than engaging in open warfare, Beijing is waging a multidimensional campaign of pressure and control — a hybrid war fought through cyberattacks, …

The Return of Strategic Uncertainty The Middle East has returned to center stage in US foreign policy. Donald Trump’s return to politics has already been preceded by spectacle, bombastic language, and real shifts in US military deployments. To Washington, the Gulf is geopolitically irreplaceable: it offers nearly half …

The Art of War by Sun Tzu has been the basis of all strategy in the hundreds of years before and even in modern times, specifically in schools of warfare. Its classic values, such as deception, intelligence, restraint, and speed, are still the pillars of war. The character …

With the advent of 21st-century technology advancements, the world has been reshaped in a way that extends beyond traditional human capabilities. Among these innovations, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) stand out as transformative forces that change how we think, learn, and work. In academia AI tools now …

This has become necessary, with China’s meteoric growth, still under the ruthless stewardship of the Communist Party, in recent decades, to re-examine the very architecture of authoritarian rule, which, somehow or in any other way, as long-malignant remnant of the past, a seemingly existing, even ominous model of …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh As the Middle East teeters on the edge of what could become a major regional realignment, a complex web of calculations involving Iran, Israel, the United States, and key European players unfolds at an accelerated pace. The region appears to be inching toward a moment …

Better enforcement of the re-imposed snapback sanctions on Iran could have a decisive effect on its oil exports to China. With the UN “snapback” sanctions back in force, the regime in Tehran finds itself more isolated and under pressure. The measures reinstate the zero enrichment standard and reimpose …

Nicholas Oakes As U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out a new Gaza peace plan this week—one that dangles the possibility of eventual Palestinian statehood—events on the ground in the West Bank told a different story. Bulldozers escorted by armed guards cut through the hills near Beit Ur al-Fauqa, …

In August, U. S. job openings rose slightly, while hiring went down, reflecting a weak labor market that may lead the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again next month, despite strong consumer spending. A survey showed that households are becoming more pessimistic about job availability, with the …