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China secured military access to the South Pacific through a deal nobody can read, fired a nuclear missile across the Pacific with hours' notice, and asked…

Strikes resumed on Tuesday. A ceasefire signed in April is fraying again. The nuclear file is real — but it is not what this conflict is…

Seven prime ministers in ten years. Brexit costing 6-8% of GDP. Growth at 0.8%. Gilt yields at their highest since 2008. Britain's problem is not Keir…

Trump is coercive, self-serving, and often wrong. But his demands on European defence, green energy dependency, and strategic autonomy are harder to dismiss than most Europeans…

From the Strait of Hormuz closure to Iran's nuclear setback and a fragile ceasefire — the aftermath raises more questions than it answers.

NATO is, by any objective measure, an extraordinary achievement. It kept the peace in Europe for eighty years. It is still functioning, still expanding, still spending…

I'm not a conservative. I believe in healthcare, environmental responsibility, and social equality. And I am exhausted by what the left has become. A candid opinion…

Eight years later, the answer is more complicated than either side wants to admit.

The Straits of Hormuz is a narrow stretch of water connecting the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and the wider Arabian Sea. At its…

The world is a strange place. Areas are often randomly connected by countries and groups that create a sort of region, continent, or union. Asia, for…

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency promised to slash federal spending and eliminate bureaucracy. But the risks — to public services, institutional stability, and democratic oversight…

Bond yields are climbing across the US, UK, and major economies — pushing up borrowing costs for governments and households alike. Here's what's driving the move…

Nigeria has 230 million people, vast oil reserves, fertile agricultural land, and one of the most dynamic entrepreneurial cultures on earth. It also has 34% inflation,…

In 1993, Samuel Huntington predicted that the great conflicts of the future would not be fought over ideology or economics — but over culture and identity.…

Two and a half years after October 7th, the military phase in Gaza is largely over. The political questions — who governs Gaza, what happens in…

The Iron Dome intercepts a rocket for $50,000. Iron Beam does it for $2. That single number explains why Israel's new laser weapon — now officially…

The EU began with six countries and a bet that economic integration would prevent war. Seventy years later, it has twenty-seven members and a queue of…

Food inflation isn't just about grocery bills. When basic food costs surge, governments fall, social contracts break, and the consequences ripple far beyond the supermarket. Here's…

The last human footprint on the Moon was left on December 14, 1972. Since then, we've sent robots, rovers, and probes across the solar system —…

For over a century, the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh resisted every diplomatic solution anyone attempted. In September 2023, Azerbaijan solved it by force…