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How China Outmaneuvered Trump at the Busan Summit
Trump won the headlines; Xi kept the leverage
Nov 1
October 2025
The Fragile Web
Inside the Global Semiconductor Supply Chain
Oct 13
Britain’s Rightward Lurch
Reform UK’s Rise and the Unraveling of Consensus Politics
Oct 2
Haiti’s Security Gamble: A Tougher UN Mandate Meets an Old Dilemma
A new UN force enters Haiti, but success hinges on Haitian leadership, courts, and rights.
Oct 1
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…
Sep 30
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…
Sep 29
The West's Reckoning
Trump's Uncomfortable Truths at the UN
Sep 24
Allies Break Ranks
What the UK, Canada, Australia, France and Portugal’s Move Means for Israel
Sep 23
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.
Sep 22
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
Sep 20
Saudi Arabia's Pakistan Gambit
Rewriting Gulf Security After Gaza
Sep 19
Poland's Strategic Leverage in the New East-West Confrontation
Warsaw weaponizes geography to challenge Beijing's Belt and Road ambitions
Sep 18
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