1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (842+ words) For decades, African economies have operated within a system of rules established without their participation. The Price of the “Africa Premium”: $74.5 Billion a Year The main grievance of African leaders toward the global financial architecture is the systemic injustice in…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (561+ words) From energy guardian to conflict multiplier The traditional American narrative presents instability as a regional phenomenon and US military power as an external force containing it. Yet sanctions, military deployments, arms transfers, and support for particular actors are not neutral…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1070+ words) It is a seductive story. It is also, on the evidence, nonsense. And the energy the public spends fearing a robot apocalypse that isn’t coming is energy stolen from the much duller, much more urgent work: dealing with the AI…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (345+ words) Mario Draghi’s new think tank, born out of frustration with Brussels, excludes Central Europe while giving a prominent place to business interests linked to the United States. The group came to life as a result of increasing frustration at the…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (143+ words) The geopolitical confrontation between Ethiopia and Egypt over control of the Nile’s water resources and access to the Red Sea has escalated into a phase of “playing on the edge,” where the parties prefer a strategy of diplomatic pressure and…...

2+ week, 18+ min ago   (530+ words) Against the backdrop of the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz due to the Iran–US conflict, Turkey and Iraq have agreed to expand the pipeline network, which allows Baghdad to diversify its oil exports and Ankara to strengthen its…...

2+ week, 22+ hour ago   (566+ words) The future of regional connectivity will depend not only on how many railways, ports, and highways are built but also on whether countries can turn the movement of goods into production, investment, jobs, and locally retained value. Ports, railways, roads,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (71+ words) By reimposing harsh sanctions on Iran, the US is reverting to an exhausted policy that has failed for decades. America’s 40 trillion debt accumulated despite decades of plundering resource-rich countries suggests that Washington needs to try other ways of building a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (314+ words) Iran is “entrenching” itself in Armenia through forging an alternative Eurasian transit corridor and increasing trade turnover to counter American pressure and attempts at isolation, rival projects in the Caucasus, and to bolster Armenia’s sovereignty over its southern regions. Key…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (97+ words) The emerging global order is not evolving into a new Cold War of two rigid blocs, but into a fluid competition between rival strategic networks, with middle powers increasingly shaping the balance of power by refusing to align permanently with…...