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The Mecca Defence Pact: A New Security Architecture or a Coalition Without an Enemy?

The Mecca defence pact brings Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Pakistan together at a moment when confidence in the U.S.-led regional security architecture has eroded. The regional analysts I have consulted

"Zionism should be understood as a political operating system," Rabi Esther Azar

Israeli leaders and zionist leaders around the world are not stupid - for sure.

Trump vs Brazil: The New Battle for Latin America – A Revival of the Monroe Doctrine?

When Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that “they will try to interfere in the Brazilian elections,” he was not referring only to a diplomatic dispute between Brazil and the U.S. He

Iran and the Geopolitics of Survival: Why Great Powers Underestimate Tehran

Iran’s history reveals a powerful lesson in geopolitics: despite centuries of foreign intervention and imperial ambitions, the country has preserved its sovereignty through resilience, strategic adapt

Is Ceuta a U.S. and Israel Revenge on Spain, with Morocco Executing it? Weaponising Migration as a Proxy War

The sudden mass crossing into Spain’s North African enclave raises questions that Europe cannot afford to dismiss as merely another migration crisis. The timing, Morocco’s behaviour, and the growing s

Germany’s Staatsräson Has Become an Extra-Legal Doctrine

In attempting to redeem the past, Germany risks compromising the very liberal principles that post-war Germany was built to defend.

Can the European Parliament Repair Europe’s Broken China Policy?

As EU-China relations sink into mistrust, the European Parliament is attempting to reopen a political channel with Beijing. The question is whether Europe can move beyond bloc confrontation.

What’s the real difference between Europe and Asia? Is it idealism versus realism? Why does much of Asia see the world so differently from the West?

In this rare and intellectually rich debate (September 2023, Polish Institute of International Affairs), Singapore’s top diplomat Kishore Mahbubani clashes with a European scholar over two defining issues of our era: the war in Ukraine and the rise of China.

My New Book: "Geopolitical Risk Analysis: A Practical Guide to Knowledge, Craft, and Method"

Want to master geopolitical risk analysis? Discover a proven methodology that combines rigorous theory with practical application.

War in Ukraine: Europe’s Mirage of Victory and the Psychology of Defeat

For decades, Europe believed that economic interdependence, international law, and institutions had rendered traditional power politics obsolete. The war in Ukraine has broken that assumption.