• Tue Jul 21 2026
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Trump Is Showing China How to Seize Taiwan

TOKYO – Since returning to office last year, US President Donald Trump has ordered military strikes from the Caribbean and eastern Pacific to Africa and the Middle East, targeting alleged drug-smuggling boats and suspected terrorist groups. He has attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its leader, Nicolás Maduro. And he has joined

A Deal With Iran Requires an Iran that Can Make…

Iran needs far less organizational coherence to continue disrupting the world than it needs to halt the decentralized offensive operations

Global Firms Betting Bigger on China during Economic Turbulence

When an economy combines sustainable growth potential, a stable policy environment, and a clear direction for industrial development, its appeal

What Turkey Wants in Iran

Then, when the time is right, Turkey could seek to connect these figures to relevant international players, setting the stage

Magical Thinking Won’t Make Europe an AI Power

At a time when major powers are pursuing aggressive industrial policies, the EU cannot afford to remain on the sidelines.

A New Iranian Revolution?

But regimes born of revolutions have more in common than how they end. The first generation embodies the revolutionary spirit

Development Is Hard Power

Understood in these terms, international development is not just a form of “soft power” (exerting influence through persuasion and attraction).

Global Cooperation in a Time of Geopolitical Disruption

New cooperative frameworks that deliver on critical but often competing goals – such as energy justice and energy security; both

Financing the Global South’s Infrastructure Boom

India’s experience offers a cautionary tale. Without institutional capacity and financial depth, PPPs can backfire, creating a vicious spiral of

Europe’s Reckoning with Fossil-Fuel Insecurity

Transforming Europe’s energy system requires its leaders to accept that, no matter how much is spent on strengthening the continent’s