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October 2025

September 2025

Trump, Netanyahu, and the high-stakes ceasefire bet in Gaza
A U.S.-backed framework offers Hamas a constrained exit or renewed war—while sidelining the questions that have defied resolution for…
The AI Race Isn’t About Models—It’s About Power
The contest over AI is no longer about algorithms—it is about the industrial scaffolding that makes them possible. Chips, capital, compliance, and…
The West's Reckoning
Trump's Uncomfortable Truths at the UN
Allies Break Ranks
What the UK, Canada, Australia, France and Portugal’s Move Means for Israel
What Western Recognition of Palestine Means for Israel, the U.S., and the Middle East
Four close U.S. allies just crossed a diplomatic threshold. Whether it opens a path to peace - or hardens a new stalemate - will depend on what follows.
The Barracuda Calculus: Taiwan's Bet on Autonomous Mass
Anduril's swarm missiles promise to transform strait deterrence—if they can scale beyond the brochure
Saudi Arabia's Pakistan Gambit
Rewriting Gulf Security After Gaza
Poland's Strategic Leverage in the New East-West Confrontation
Warsaw weaponizes geography to challenge Beijing's Belt and Road ambitions
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