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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 …

Contrary to popular belief, colonialism did not end with the mid-century independence wave. Instead, it took on novel (‘neo’) and more subtle disguises such as financial institution control, labour exploitation and, perhaps most importantly, constant resource extraction. It is no secret that rare minerals are largely sourced from …