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Is Europe Still Relevant?
The European Union (EU) began 2024 by introducing new measures to strengthen its economic security by reducing reliance on countries like China while protecting key sectors and emerging technologies. This...
Is the U.S. Distracted from East Asia?
The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East have captured international media attention. In the past, such “international crises” have pressured U.S. presidents to “do something” about them. President Joe...
Why Iran Won’t Back Down to Joe Biden
On January 28, the Iranian-backed Islamic Resistance in Iraq launched a drone strike on the American Tower 22 facility in Jordan that left a serviceman and two servicewomen dead and...
New Myths About America’s Role in the Ukraine War
A new wave of revisionism is emerging about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, arguing that America, not Russia, is responsible for the conflict, that the Biden administration is personalizing the conflict...
How to Kill Russia’s Oil Economy
Russia’s economy is not particularly large, adding up to about $1.5 trillion, vacillating with the unstable ruble. It is highly vulnerable because Russia lives on commodities exports that are difficult...
The Shrinking Cost of War Threatens Western Militaries
In business, the term “commodification” describes the transition of something previously a luxury good into a day-to-day commodity that is bought and sold cheaply. When smartphones first went to market,...
UN Warns of Major Famine in Somalia
The United Nations (UN) announced on Tuesday that it needed $2 billion to fully address the growing humanitarian crisis in Somalia, which it claimed faced its most significant famine in...
Democrats Slam Saudis Over OPEC+ Oil Cut
Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has pledged to block all future weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and pressed the Biden administration to “immediately freeze all aspects” of U.S. cooperation...
Somalia’s 2022 Famine Is Predicted and Preventable
Somalia is in the throes of its worst famine since 2011, but there is still time to avoid past mistakes and prevent further deaths and suffering. Quick action now can...
UN Announces Food Aid for 700,000 Desperate Zimbabweans
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) indicated on Tuesday that it had partnered with the government of Zimbabwe to implement a relief program for roughly 700,000 Zimbabweans at risk of...
Can the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant Avoid Nuclear Meltdown?
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said talks are underway to establish a protection zone around the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (NPP). “I have seen signs that they...
The Middle Corridor: How Europe Can Transform Central Asia
Central Asia is a tough neighborhood. A colonizer to the north, an economic behemoth to the east, international pariahs to the south, and distances that are continental in scale, it...