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NATO’s Trump Dilemma

ISTANBUL: NATO’s just-completed summit in The Hague came at a time of extraordinary tension. Since returning to the White House, Donald Trump has repeatedly accused Europe of free riding on US defense spending, raising serious concerns about the health of the Atlantic alliance. His decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities

Europe Needs a Green Foreign Policy

China is asserting its economic and technological power across multiple domains. Middle powers are pursuing more flexible, non-aligned diplomacy. The

Political Changes Don’t Weaken the Case for Green Business

Trump immediately signed an executive order withdrawing the US from the Paris climate agreement, and his administration then canceled funding for clean-energy

Which Iran Will We Get Now?

Pezeshkian’s appointments – including a progressive minister of welfare and labor and a young Chicago-educated economy minister – signaled a

The Middle-East Model for Land Restoration

MENA’s experiences are an ominous portent of what awaits other regions, which will soon find themselves facing many of the

Austerity Budgets Are a Gift to Populists

Elon Musk thought that US President Donald Trump’s interest in Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency was motivated by a genuine

A Make-or-Break Moment for Global Debt Reform

On June 30, world leaders will gather in Seville, Spain, for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4).

The Delicate Art of Natural-Resource Diplomacy

US President Donald Trump has also talked of acquiring Greenland partly because of its potential mineral wealth, while his administration

What It Means to Build Local AI

But even before OpenAI’s US competitors (Google and Anthropic) released their own LLMs the following year, Southeast Asian developers had

The Attrition of Russia

Putin’s invasion lasts as long as Leonid Brezhnev’s Soviet-Afghan War, Russian casualties will be over 55 times greater – and