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Qatar Attack Pushes Gulf States Toward European Security

Qatar and it's GCC partners eye European defense partnerships as US policy wavers whilst Europe charts balanced Middle East course through Palestine recognition.

European Recognition: The Abraham Accords Lose Their Silver Lining

Europe backs Palestinian statehood this September, breaking with Israel and reshaping diplomacy beyond the Abraham Accords.

Nickel, Nationality, and Negotiation: France’s Deal for New Caledonia

Is France offering New Caledonia a gilded cage, a statehood that glitters but lacks the substance of true freedom from its colonial past?

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Bosnia Off Air: Will Brussels Let the Last Broadcaster Die?

Bosnia’s public broadcaster BHRT nears collapse as funding is withheld, journalists work in tents, and regional media freedom fades

STC Take Hadhramaut: Fragmentation Leaves No Winners 

Clashes in Hadramout expose Yemen’s deep fractures as tribes, the STC, and oil interests battle over autonomy, power, and survival.

Thailand-Cambodia Fighting Raises Questions for Winter Travellers

Airstrikes on the Thai-Cambodian border look alarming from afar, yet tourism ads still show turquoise bays. How should travellers read this contradiction?

National Security Strategy: The Era of Investment Power

Washington has stopped acting like a global policeman and started operating like a hedge fund, trading lectures for massive sovereign wealth deposits.

Moscow’s Calculus: Guns Fall Silent, Commerce Speaks

As Moscow sheds the weight of defunct military pacts, it ruthlessly prioritizes the economic engines that bind it to Europe.