Opinion
Empires do not collapse because their populations weaken. They collapse because elites refuse to repair the conditions that caused that weakness. History shows a familiar progression: neglect gives way to moral panic, panic hardens…
Law
Border conflict rarely begins with soldiers. It begins with passports, currency, maps, and iconography that harden claims before…
World
India’s December tour of Jordan, Ethiopia, and Oman was not a photo circuit. It was systems diplomacy: trade…
World
Power no longer flows from persuasion or values alone. In 2025, leverage sits in chokepoints: energy routes, chip…
Technology
Xinhua’s space yearender reads like a science roundup, but it is really a capability statement. Space is the cleanest theatre…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Europe says it wants to become the “AI continent” and is now planning AI gigafactories and sovereign compute by 2026.…