Piracy Around the Horn of Africa is Going Global
With four tankers seized near Somalia in a fortnight, POTUS describes his own navy boarding foreign ships as piracy....
Green Pledges, Crude Gains: France’s Energy Schism
Even as Paris maps out a green era, TotalEnergies reaps a massive windfall from the energy crisis, laying bare the split at the heart of the French republic....
UAE Quits OPEC to Define New Energy Order
After missile strikes on Gulf ports and thousands of flight cancellations, the UAE's exit from OPEC shatters the old oil order, exposing a ruthless energy future....
West Overlooks Russian Grain and Borders in Ukraine
As stolen grain enters Israeli docks and Berlin hints at regional trade-offs, a quiet consensus forms around the permanence of Russia's seized Ukrainian areas....
Phoney War: Gulf Deployment and Collapsed Talks
With Trump's envoys recalled and three carrier groups looming off the coast, the diplomatic pause masks a global rush to prepare for a potential summer war....
Mali Crisis: Patchwork Insurgency Challenges Sahel Confederation
A former musician's alliance with rebels dismantles a fragile security pact, fulfilling the final, chaotic legacy of Muammar al-Gaddafi in Mali....
On the River Danube: Magyar’s Opening Move
Péter Magyar won Hungary's April election promising a break with the past. His first foreign policy pitch was to resurrect a part of it....
Bab al-Mandeb: Three Ceasefires, One Trajectory
From the Red Sea to the Litani, every fragile ceasefire line across the Middle East now hums with the electricity of an approaching summer storm....
Rivals Redraw Energy Map as Germany’s Industry Stalls
As Moscow disrupts Kazakh oil flows heading west to Germany, Tehran builds a northern corridor to Kazakhstan, leaving Berlin with no leverage....
Abu Dhabi Wants Insurance, Not a Bailout
After Trump confirmed this week that a U.S.-UAE currency swap was under consideration, Abu Dhabi moved quickly to insist the idea reflects caution, not financial...
