US, Russia, Ukraine and Diesel: With Iran at the End Oct. 19, 2026 Question: What are your views on the proposed three way summit between U.S.-Russia-China (proposed by Putin) without Ukraine to ...
Europe is undergoing a major transformation shaped by an unusual number of geopolitical pressures happening at once. For centuries, European security ...
Troop movements. The U.S. has reportedly been reducing the number of troops stationed at bases across the Middle East in recent days. Troop presence has ...
India’s massive youth population is a key element of the recent unrest sweeping the country. However, the more immediate ...
Signs are emerging that after decades of dormancy, Egypt is starting to reassert itself as a regional security actor. On Oct. 17, President Abdel Fattah ...
The Houthi campaign against Saudi Arabia is the most serious sustained attack on the kingdom’s civilian targets in decades, and there’s no reason to ...
China’s gig economy has become a structural feature of the country’s labor market, prompting the government to propose its first nationwide regulations ...
The digital lives of Russians have been disrupted for several days now. Some services and mobile app features linked to the Russian IT giant Yandex are ...
Oil, Missiles and the China Paradox Oct. 15, 2026 Question: Any economic slowdowns from exports in the present and near future are not an issue for China which stands to gain considerably in the ...
Ukraine developments. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff in Norway on Tuesday, with Jared Kushner joining the talks by videoconference. After the meeting, Zelenskyy ...
Mining expansion. The U.S. has finalized plans for its first deep-sea mining lease auction on Nov. 19, offering access to around 12.5 million hectares of seabed near American Samoa. The area contains ...
Last week, I wrote on the paradox of China – a relatively straightforward issue as far as paradoxes go. This week, I must address the actions of the United States, which are far from being as orderly ...