The intersection of US–China strategic competition and Iran sanctions enforcement is producing a new legal and economic battlefield — one…
Universal Healthcare Was a Promise. Economics Is Rewriting It
Across Europe and beyond, healthcare systems are quietly shifting from universal guarantees to managed access models — driven by ageing…
Sanctions Without Strategy: Why the Global Counter-terrorism Model Is Reaching Its Limits
More than two decades after 9/11, the architecture of global counterterrorism has expanded — but the threat has evolved faster.…
Can a Fourth Kim Generation Lead North Korea?
As Kim Jong Un consolidates dynastic legitimacy, the possibility of a fourth Kim generation ruling North Korea is no longer…
The New Global Energy Map
How the energy transition is reshaping geopolitics—from LNG and US power to China’s dominance in clean tech and critical mineral…
Why Economic Sanctions Did Not Stop Russia’s War
The article explores why unprecedented Western sanctions failed to weaken Russia’s war-fighting capacity or force strategic recalculation. It argues that…
The Dark Market of Sanctions Evasion
Sanctions are a key tool of global policy—but evasion networks are undermining their effectiveness. An analysis of how sanctions are…
After Epstein: Reform, Reputation, and the Architecture of Elite Immunity
One year after the Epstein files reshaped public debate, what reforms followed — and why does elite accountability remain elusive?…
The Fragmenting World Order: How Global Power Is Shifting Beyond the West
The post-Cold War order is under strain. From rising blocs to institutional paralysis, a more fragmented and multipolar world is…
Inside the $2.2 Trillion Defence Economy: The Business of War Explained
The defence industry is one of the largest, most technologically advanced, and most geopolitically consequential sectors of the international economy…