Germany’s economic decline is no longer merely an economic story. It has become a political one. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has become the focal point of this broader crisis of governance and legitimacy. For decades, Germany was regarded as the economic engine of Europe and, alongside France, a principal political architect of the European Union. Today,...

Germany’s economic decline is no longer merely an economic story. It has become a political one. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has become the focal point of this broader crisis of governance and legitimacy. For decades, Germany was regarded as the economic engine of Europe and, alongside France, a principal political architect of the European Union. Today, […]

Netanyahu and Trump are conditioning the end of the war in Iran on the condition that all countries in the region sign the Abraham Accords, a tacit submission to Israel. Drawing on Daniel Levy, Omer Bartov, and the Pew Survey, I address the reasons, the urgency, and the limits of Netanyahu’s simultaneous battles on several […]

A persistent misconception in contemporary international politics is the belief that business acumen can substitute for diplomacy. This assumption suggests that individuals adept at negotiating major commercial deals are equally capable of negotiating peace. However, historical evidence consistently demonstrates that diplomacy is fundamentally distinct from commercial transactions. It is a specialized discipline that demands historical...

The revelation that Israel established secret military bases inside Iraq during the recent war against Iran is far more than another episode in the region’s long history of covert operations. It signals a deeper transformation in Middle Eastern geopolitics: the normalization of clandestine cross-border military infrastructures, the erosion of Iraqi sovereignty, and the increasingly blurred...

The revelation that Israel established secret military bases inside Iraq during the recent war against Iran is far more than another episode in the region’s long history of covert operations. It signals a deeper transformation in Middle Eastern geopolitics: the normalization of clandestine cross-border military infrastructures, the erosion of Iraqi sovereignty, and the increasingly blurred […]

As Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing, Xi Jinping sent a carefully calibrated message to Washington: China’s dialogue with the United States will not come at the expense of its strategic partnership with Moscow. Beyond the symbolism and grand ceremony, the Putin-Xi summit revealed a deepening Sino-Russian alignment centered on energy, trade, and the construction of […]

Behind the ceremonial diplomacy and promises of trade deals, the Beijing summit exposed a deeper geopolitical reality: China now negotiates with the United States on equal terms, with confidence and strategic patience. Xi Jinping’s real objective was not economic but to make one point unmistakably clear to Donald Trump — Taiwan remains China’s ultimate red […]

The EU’s diplomacy has felt the weight of having basically the whole world against its double-standard application of international law and its own values and the accusations of being complicit in genocide and the brutal West Bank-Israel colonialism. In order to appease the world’s wrath, the EU has approved sanctions against individual settlers – not […]

Beneath the diplomatic protocol of Lula’s recent visit to Washington lay a strategic contest over rare-earth resources, the ongoing U.S.-China rivalry, and Brazil’s efforts to leverage geopolitical competition for national advantage ahead of the upcoming presidential election. The arrangements for Lula’s visit to Washington came together with remarkable speed after Trump extended the invitation—though, truth […]

The four most militarily powerful Muslim-majority nations—Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Pakistan, and Egypt—are aligning based on strategic calculation rather than religious affinity. This development signals the emergence of a weaker America in the Middle East and a reordering of the great-power competition between the U.S. and China. Barry Buzan asserts that security is inherently regional, as […]