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Israel and Somaliland: The Emerging Alliance Reshaping the Red Sea Geopolitical Order

The growing relationship between Israel and Somaliland is not merely another diplomatic breakthrough. It is part of a br…
A Syrian Incursion into Lebanon Would Be Washington’s Biggest Mistake

At a moment when Hezbollah faces one of the most severe crises in its history, Washington risks handing the group the ve…
Syria’s Unexpected Oil Windfall: How the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Could Redraw the Middle East’s Energy Map

History has a habit of producing unlikely winners. As the closure of the Strait of Hormuz sends shockwaves through globa…
Has Trump Found an Exit From the Iran War or Simply Frozen a More Dangerous Conflict?

The conflict began after U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted Iranian military and nuclear facilities. Washington framed th…
China’s Private Security Companies in the Middle East: Commercial Actors, Strategic Tools

Dr. John Calabrese Chinese PSCs are state-adjacent actors embedded in China’s overseas economic expansion, particularly …
The New AI Geopolitics: Governance, Power, and Technological Nationalism

Cristina Vanberghen This article explores the rising convergence of national security considerations and global prolifer…
Loose Bricks? The Question of BRICS

Mugdha Joshi The spokesperson for India’s External Affairs Ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, said in March that “India is activ…
Hegemony, Sovereignty, and the Price of the American Guarantee

Arthur Michelino The American attempt to end the war with Iran on its own terms has also been an attempt to rearrange th…
Who Controls Artificial Intelligence? The Politics of Frontier AI

Pranjal Saraswat Imagine a policy analyst in Brussels arriving at work on an ordinary morning, carrying coffee in one ha…
Why Is China Expanding Maritime Pressure Around Taiwan?

Taiwan has sharply rejected China’s latest maritime patrol east of the island, declaring that its sovereignty “cannot be…
23rd IISS Shangri-La Dialogue: Can Southeast Asia still be a Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality?

M. Faizal Abdul Rahman Contrast the speeches of the U.S. Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, and the Secretary-General of th…
North Korea’s Nuclear Reality: Why Denuclearization Has Become a Political Fiction

Sarah Wu North Korea’s latest declaration that denuclearization is a “settled issue” should not be dis…

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Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh The headlines trumpet ceasefires in Gaza, Lebanon, and along Israel’s northern front …
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