iran conflict

Iran conflict: Gains, risks and regional implications of the US

The Iran conflict activates two powerful engines of capital accumulation for the US: defence-industrial expansion and post-conflict reconstruction markets. Read more »
Trump's foreign policy doctrine

Trump’s foreign policy: Anti-war advocacy to imperialism

Trump's foreign policy was never anti-war, and the myth of restraint has collapsed into open coercion and sphere-of-influence politics. Read more »
Greenland autonomy

Greenland becomes a test of transatlantic trust

Washington’s Greenland stance tests NATO unity and Europe’s ability to assert strategic interdependence with the United States. Read more »
iran conflict

Why a post-Khamenei Iran may resist US designs

The clerical order if the Islamic Republic may fall, but a friendly regime in post-Khamenei Iran remains the least likely outcome. Read more »
the High Seas Treaty taking effect

The High Seas Treaty: Who owns the ocean’s genetic wealth?

As the High Seas Treaty takes effect, developing states risk being sidelined in a new era of ocean geopolitics. Read more »
artificial intelligence adoption

Can artificial intelligence strengthen democracy? Italy offers a test case

As legislatures adopt artificial intelligence, Italy seeks to boost efficiency without undermining democratic accountability. Read more »
marco rubio muncich speech

Marco Rubio’s heritage pitch is industrial policy by other means

Marco Rubio framed heritage as a mandate for reindustrialisation, border control, defence effort, and tougher supply chain policy. Read more »
game theory climate strategy

How game theory can help design strategies for climate crisis, diplomacy

Evolutionary game theory is useful to devise strategies for real-life situations such as international negotiations and ecological crises, where players are unequal. Read more »
Trump and US soft power

Trump doctrine and US soft power: Why hard power is back

Trump’s strategic doctrine pares back US soft power and reasserts hard power, reshaping American influence from Caracas to Greenland. Read more »
international law and institutions under attack

International law and Trump’s threats to global order

The US under Donald Trump is prepared to dismantle international law and institutions that once constrained American power. Read more »