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Why the US’ Lebanon Strategy is Faltering

Alexander Langlois Pressure on Israel is the best way to keep the Lebanese ceasefire from unraveling. One year after the so-called “ceasefire” between Israel and Lebanese Hezbollah began, Israel could be set to renew full-scale hostilities against the group, further confirming that the agreement is anything but a …

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Inside the 2025 Quantum Pivot: Strategy Over Spectacle

The UN has declared 2025 the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology – the moment when the quantum story moved from spectacle to substance. Editors and investors have grown less interested in raw qubit tallies and more interested in where quantum delivers measurable value in energy, materials, …

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Conflict Without Bullets: The Rise of Non-Kinetic Warfare

Effrina Antessa In an increasingly connected world, conflict does not always manifest itself through the sound of gunfire. Instead, the most destructive threats now operate silently: data is stolen, public opinion is manipulated, and national economies are undermined without a single shot being fired. I believe that non-kinetic …

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From concessions to conditions: Asia’s power is now programmable

In 1925, power in Asia was visible: gunboats on rivers, foreign police in Chinese streets, tram boycotts you could photograph. In 2025, it’s programmable: licenses that renew on a clock, standards embedded in software, compliance that lives in dashboards. That is the most important change over the hundred …

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The Houthis and the Rise of Asymmetric Strategy: War is No Longer the Monopoly of States

Putri Mayang Rembulan The Houthi attack on merchant ships in the Red Sea shows that asymmetric strategies have become one of the most disruptive forces in international security, often more effective than conventional state military power. The operations of these non-state groups not only disrupt global trade routes …

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Terrorism in the Digital Age: New Threats and Outdated State Strategies

Nyimas Khoirun Nisa In an era where nearly all activity has shifted to the digital space, terrorism has also evolved. Terrorists no longer need territory to establish training camps, ideological teachers, or secret meetings in the middle of the night. All they need now is an internet connection, …

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What to Expect from Mohammed bin Salman’s DC Visit

Abdulla Al Junaid US-Saudi ties need real momentum behind them, not just a series of business deals and continued discussion about Israeli normalization. As Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman touches down in Washington on November 18 for his first visit to the United States in seven years, …

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Government Shutdown Intensifies Great Power Competition for Crypto

  Emily Vartuhi Great power competition is mushrooming beyond the old domains of land and warfare; it’s in the world of cryptocurrencies as well. The government shutdown has an unlikely casualty: cryptocurrency policy. You would think that because decentralization is a core pillar of cryptocurrency, advocates would be …

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Regulated Disorder: Israel-Hamas and the Truce as a System of Power

Dr. Cherkaoui Roudani This observation by Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations captures the profound metamorphosis of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. War has not disappeared; it has evolved into a system of governance, where violence is converted into a tool of calibrated adjustment. The October 2025 ceasefire between Israel …

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