EU: Innovation or Protectionism? New Industrial Strategy Mirrors China
The EU plans to require Chinese firms to share technology for market access, echoing Beijing’s own rules and risking a new era of retaliatory protectionism....
Europe’s AI Factories: Strategic Autonomy or Public Bubble?
As the race to build AI infrastructure accelerates, some experts, including OpenAI’s own chief, warn this investment spree could lead to costly overreach....
Madagascar: A Postcolonial Wave of Francophone Influence Lost
President Rajoelina fled Madagascar on a French military plane as protestors took over the capital. Paris is losing its hold on yet another former territory....
Don’t Poke the Bear: Denmark Plays to Trump on American Arms
Trump’s renewed bid for Greenland pushes Denmark into a costly defense dilemma: funding U.S. arms for Ukraine, not itself....
From Fighters to Tractors: French Firms Refuse to Bend
French farmers once blocked Brussels over beef imports. Now Dassault is holding Berlin hostage over it's share of fighters....
Britain’s New Empire of Arms: Keir Starmer’s Missile Diplomacy in India
A £350 million missile contract shows how much Britain's global power has diminished today....
A Skeleton of Itself: How Isaias Afwerki Grounded Eritrea Down
Ethiopia's recent war accusations resurrect fears of another conflict in the Horn of Africa, but the real tragedy is what Eritrea has already become....
LeBron’s Collab with LVMH: Marketing Genius or Risky Timing?
LeBron shocks fans with “the decision of all decisions..." not retirement, but a Hennessy collab amid looming U.S.–France trade tensions....
Sovereignty’s Price: Why the UK’s Security Networks Are Slower After Brexit?
In one year, 40,000 stolen phones were sent to China. Since Brexit, British authorities no longer have access to EU intelligence networks that helped track illegal...
Georgia’s 26% Reality: Occupied Land and Economics Makes Protest Powerless
A protest extended to the presidential palace in Tbilisi on Saturday. Five people were arrested as Georgians' demand EU accession and Russia's withdrawal....
