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The Nuclear Umbrella for Rent
Defence commitments are multiplying faster than the capacity to honour them. They show what security looks like when no single power calls all the…
Jul 21
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June 2026
Can Berlin Lead in a World That Trusts Less and Remembers More?
Germany's recent defeat may reveal a deeper challenge to its global ambitions — Countries remember more than policymakers often assume.
Jun 25
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America's Age of Adjustable Alliances
Why the United States is beginning to treat strategic problems as more important than strategic systems
Jun 19
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How Britain Built a Self-Sealing Political Economy
Britain's experience offers a warning for economies where asset wealth has outpaced productive growth
Jun 17
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The Cost of Going Alone
Japan and South Korea are converging because the world is becoming too expensive to navigate alone
Jun 14
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The Return of Kabul
Afghanistan is back on every major power’s map—not as alliance, but as attention. Why Kabul is becoming a strategic junction again.
Jun 4
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What Sits Between the Strait and the Strait
Chokepoints dominate Indo-Pacific analysis. The corridor connecting them is often overlooked.
Jun 2
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May 2026
Rose Seeds, Kill Lines, and the Dragon’s Shadow
The US-China relationship is shifting from stable interdependence toward conditional access, strategic leverage, and calibrated rivalry.
May 27
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Pakistan: From Synchronization to Fragmentation
Part 2 of 2. Part 1 mapped the vectors. Part 2 tests what happened to the map.
May 20
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Pearls, Oil, and the Third Bet
Why the UAE is making seven simultaneous bets — and what Modi’s May 15 stopover is actually testing.
May 11
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April 2026
The AI Stack Is the New World Order — And Standards Are Its Invisible Layer of Control
Why the global AI framework maps power more than it distributes it.
Apr 30
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Virtual Water
When India placed the Indus Waters Treaty in abeyance, it acted on a river it could see. Pakistan’s economy runs on water it imports.
Apr 28
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