Can China Fix its military procurement bottlenecks?
The significance of procurement reform and military-civil fusion should be understood within the broader context of the Chinese leader’s military modernization agenda. Read More Here
Thailand: The Frontline Nobody’s Watching
The third act of the world order won’t premiere in Brussels—but in Chumphon, Ranong, Subic Bay, and Guam. At the center: Thailand. A country that successfully maneuvered between fronts for decades—and now risks being crushed precisely there. Read More Here
Why Trump is good for Europe
The U.S. President is forcing European leaders to look a and face the reallity of a new world order. Read More Here
How Trump’s Foreign Policy Gambits Are Reshaping the World
The sprawl of activity, unmatched by any modern American President, is the Trump Doctrine in action: American power as a lever deployed at will, subject to change at his whim, concentrated not in institutions but in the person of the President. Read More Here
The united West is dead
European leaders should heed their voters and ensure the bloc remains a pole within its own sphere of influence — not a bystander in someone else’s. Read More Here
The Looming Population Bust
Across much of the world, fertility rates are falling and populations are aging faster than economies can adapt, putting pressure on labor markets, pension systems, and public finances. The challenge is made more difficult to address by growing resistance from older voters and risk-averse leaders. Read More Here
How Trump gets Greenland in 4 easy steps
And worryingly for the Danes, it looks like he’s started … Read More Here
The Emerging World Order Looks Like the Old One
What is replacing the current world order looks very much like what came before it, a world where the strong do as they wish and the weak accept what they must. Read More Here
Saudi Arabia, UAE risk a split in Middle East over competing visions
A ‘new order’ is emerging as Abu Dhabi-backed separatist allies clash with pro-Riyadh governments in the region. Read More Here
The Transactional Trap
How foreign policy dealmaking can sow violence. Read More Here
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