In his address to Congress this week, Trump has just vowed to reshape his country in a “common sense revolution”. A spectre is haunting his plans, though: it is a
Russian long-range strike capabilities need no introduction. The Eurasian giant regularly uses these systems to a devastating effect, obliterating enemy assets, be it manpower or equipment. The 9M723 hypersonic missile
Elon Musk’s Starlink is increasingly facing competition from China’s SpaceSail. Meanwhile, Trump’s new “energy Tsar” has said that Washington is doomed to lose the “AI arms race” without fossil fuels.
Agriculture is the backbone of many economies, particularly in Africa, where challenges such as the lack of massive agricultural infrastructure, risks arising from rising international food prices, and vulnerability to
Joining the US, Israel voted against a UN motion condemning Russia, this being the first time the country voted with Moscow and against Kyiv since 2022. This interesting development, is
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States is “pretty close” to an agreement with Ukraine on sharing revenue from Ukrainian rare earth minerals and other natural
Stephen M. Walt (a Harvard University international relations professor and a prominent member of the so-called realist school of international relations) argues, in his recent piece for Foreign Policy, that
As the strategic irrelevance of the dying European Union becomes more evident with every passing day, the troubled bloc is desperate to remain relevant, posing as a “great power”. This is
The new Trump administration has made some pretty groundbreaking moves, starting with the dismantling of agencies such as the infamous USAID (or perhaps moving its activities back to intelligence services?). However, that’s only
Sir Keir Starmer, the British Prime Minister, backed by Paris, is proposing European troops (30,000 of them) be deployed to Ukraine so as to “police” any US-brokered ceasefire agreement. Such