Libya After Gaddafi: Politics, Oil and the Long Shadow of Regime Collapse

Fourteen years after Muammar Gaddafi’s fall, Libya remains divided between rival administrations, fragile institutions and politicised oil revenues. A strategic…

North Korea and China – How China Balances Supporting and Restraining North Korea

China’s relationship with North Korea is often portrayed as an ideological alliance forged in war and sustained by shared hostility…

How Power Really Works: David Pratt on Defence, Democracy, and Institutional Limits

Former Canadian Defence Minister David Pratt reflects on how power is exercised in democratic systems, the realities of defence readiness,…