Alexei Bayer Medvedev and Vance hate liberal democracy and see Western Europe as a dangerous repository of liberal democratic values. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev and JD Vance have a similar background. Both are lawyers, with Medvedev getting his law degree from the Leningrad State University and Vance from Yale. …

Mohammed Ayoob Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in a close-up photo. The Saudi royal’s relationship with his counterpart UAE president Mohammed bin Zayed has deteriorated over the last half-decade. (Shutterstock/Fotofield) While the chances of direct conflict between Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are slim, the …

Emily Day An aerial view of the Pickering Nuclear Energy Station in Ontario, Canada. (Shutterstock/The Bold Bureau). Nuclear Energy Now tracks the latest nuclear energy developments across technology, diplomacy, industry trends, and geopolitics. Ontario Advances Plans for a 10 GW Nuclear Expansion In Canada, Ontario Power Generation (OPG) and …

Stavros Atlamazoglou British Secretary of Defense John Healy recently announced that the British military contingent in Norway would double in the next three years from 1,000 troops to 2,000. A Surveillance and Reconnaissance Squadron (SRS) of the UK’s Royal Marines conducting Live Firing Tactical Training during Winter Deployment …

At this year’s Munich Security Conference, European leaders will once again rehearse the familiar script: America remains committed. NATO is indispensable. Burden-sharing must be fair. The applause lines are well known. The reassurance is ritualistic. And yet, beneath the choreography lies an uncomfortable truth: Europe no longer trusts …

Omar H. Rahman President Donald Trump’s maximalist demands on Iran are making the chances of US intervention more likely. A US F-35 fighter jet takes off. F-35 fighter jets may be used in a US strike on Iran ( Shutterstock/Gece333). Escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran appear to …

Stephan Richter and Uwe Bott Donald Trump has blown up any notion of the United States continuing to act as a benevolent hegemon to Europe and the so-called “free world”. Even before, that benevolence always came with significant commercial and financial benefits the country and its corporations derived …

While the world fixates on tariffs, sanctions, and military posturing, a quieter shift is reshaping international influence. At the World Economic Forum in Davos last month, Brand Finance launched its 2026 Global Soft Power Index and the results tell a story that runs counter to almost everything dominating …

Antonia Dimou Syria’s energy sector undergoes a transformative process after a decade of conflict, transitioning from severe damage toward a delicate recovery. The downfall of the Assad regime and the instatement of the transitional government in Syria revealed several challenges pertaining to the Syrian energy sector. The first …