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Logistical Connections: Russia and North Korea are Building New Routes

Russia and North Korea revive rail and air routes, boosting strategic ties and challenging sanctions with new Moscow–Pyongyang links.

Under-the-Sea: America First Leaves AUKUS Partners Adrift

Trump’s Pentagon review unsettles AUKUS allies—UK & Australia risk losing U.S. submarine support as America First drives defence shift.

EU-UN Failure: The Peculiar Case of the Zone Project 

EU-backed WMD-Free Zone project for the Middle East launched in 2019 with UN support, but failed to engage key actors or deliver results.

Saudi Eyes Up Nuclear, A Delicate Balancing Act

A high-stakes nuclear courtship between the U.S. and Saudi gathers pace, despite Israeli protests and parallel talks with Iran.

The Forecast is Rain: Macron Holds Nuclear Umbrella Over Europe

As Trump cozies up to Putin, Macron boldly puts France's nuclear arsenal on Europe's table—a once-unthinkable shift in the continent's security calculus.

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Guilty by Involvement: Britain, Berbera, and Red Sea Tensions

Britain’s state-backed bets on a Red Sea port are now dragging London into a genocidal war in Sudan and a high-stakes diplomatic collision with Saudi Arabia.

Timbuktu Manuscripts Return as Museums Raise Prices

As 28,000 manuscripts arrived back at the Timbuktu Ahmed Baba Institute in August 2025 after 13 years in Bamako, Paris's Louvre raised standard admission to €22, marking the latest divergence in how access to Africa's written past is being rearranged.

Houthi Payroll Politics and Riyadh’s Bet to Secure Yemen Peace

Yemen’s government workers wait for paychecks as Riyadh bets that money will buy the peace that ten years of war was unable to secure.

Africa on Stream: IShowSpeed and a New Online Map of the Continent

As American streamer IShowSpeed's "Speed Does Africa" tour averaged 80,000 concurrent viewers across 20 countries between 29 December 2025 and 26 January 2026, the 28-day broadcast raised old questions about who gets to show the continent and how.

Netanyahu Aide Bypasses Military Censors via German Tabloid

Behind the headlines of a German tabloid lies a high-stakes effort to bypass Israeli military censors.