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Cross-strait tensions, the One-China policy and regional security around Taiwan and China.

When Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet again in Washington, the most important question will not be whether they shake hands, announce another trade arrangement or produce a carefully worded communiqué. It will be whether two governments that increasingly treat...

AI Competition, Analysis, Artificial Intelligence

United States President Trump has strongly criticised wind power since coming into office, introducing several executive actions aimed at restricting the development of wind farms. Trump has particularly targeted offshore wind, leading to several projects being put on hold or...

News

Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan are tossing figurative darts at a US trial balloon connected to the intensifying race between the United States and China for leadership in AI development. Reuters reported on August 14 that the US State Department had drafted a note stating that...

News

As part of our continuing series, Geopolitics Made Simple, devoted to developments in the Middle East, we have already discussed the military power of the United States, Iran's response, the objectives of the war and the way domestic politics influences...

Opinion

Cyber security remains a persistent concern for public and private sector organizations alike. Given the potential impact of cyber threats from criminal groups, adversarial states, and extremists, the topic draws substantial attention. Yet, in a field that evolves so quickly,...

In Brief, Members

Energean is in exclusive talks to buy a package of BP’s Egyptian oil and gas assets in a deal that could raise about $1 billion for the British energy major, Reuters reported Thursday exclusively, citing two people involved in the...

News

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The Trump administration increased its attacks on press freedom last week when the Department of Defense fired Stars and Stripes editor-in-chief Erik Slavin and reporter Lara Korte from the 165-year-old news outlet serving the U.S. military community. The outgoing editor...

Ear to the Ground, News, censorship

The Nordic-Baltic warmongering under the current conditions is therefore (i) irresponsible, (ii) hypocritical, (iii) immoral, and (iv) flirts with a disaster of immense proportions. Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His latest book, The Great Global Transformation:...

EU politics, Geopolitics, Article

The following story is co-published with Matt Bivens’ Substack newsletter, The 100 Days. By late 2022 , Ukraine had rallied, with Western backing, and Russia’s invasion had wavered. The war was only several months old, but it already appeared the Russians...

Europe, News, drone warfare

Architect Labs says it has created Redwood, an AI accelerator designed and verified almost entirely by artificial intelligence in less than two weeks. If independently validated and successfully translated from a programmable prototype into manufactured silicon, the project could represent...

AI, Semiconductor, AI software

The United States’ plans to revitalize Venezuela’s oil sector are moving at a snail’s pace. But it seems that plans are finally falling into place, with two different U.S. companies – SLB and Hunt Oil – announcing deals with the...

News

With geopolitical situation heightening, the world’s players are strategically expressing their interest in Africa, and African countries are also choosing their development partners. Many researchers, often, say Africa is currently experiencing the ‘second political re-awakening’ as foreign players aggressively partition...

Middle East & Africa, Africa, China

Global data-center electricity demand is growing at a remarkable pace, and no country is driving that growth more than the United States. The Energy Institute’s 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy helps put the scale of the change into perspective....

News

This article was originally published at Barn Raiser Media . Americans’ celebration of 250 years of independence invites reflection on the Declaration of Independence and its values of equality, liberty and democratic renewal. Those values are a beacon to guide where...

Opinion, citizens united, democracy

Photo by Vitaly Gariev on Unsplash I had no intention of writing about former Cambridge professor, the late Jason Arday. He took his own life; I can’t feel that bad about it, end of discussion. Or so I thought. Celebrate My B-Day with...

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Commodity vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz rose slightly over the past 24 hours amid diplomatic efforts to discuss temporary corridors or tentative reopening of the Middle East’s most vital oil and gas chokepoint. Ten commodity vessels made the...

News

Russia has warned that it may target British military sites in Ukraine and elsewhere in response to Ukrainian attacks inside Russia using British cruise missiles. Maria Zakharova, a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, stated this warning with greater urgency...

World News, Defense, Russia

Nordic energy company Fortum on Thursday said it had submitted a state aid application to start talks with the Swedish state on the terms and conditions to advance a new nuclear power project in Sweden as the Nordic country bets...

News

A letter seen by RFE/RL reveals growing concern about Russian aggression in the Baltic States, speaking of a "deteriorating security environment" amid an "increased frequency of airspace violations and drone incursions." The letter was sent to European Commission President Ursula...

News

The consequences of flooding extend far beyond damaged roads and infrastructure. They reach America’s farmlands, the soul of America’s food supply. Credit: Shutterstock By Esther Ngumbi and Christy Gibson URBANA, Illinois, US, Aug 27 2026 (IPS) Across the U.S. Midwest , from Illinois...

Food and Agriculture, Headlines, North America

French oil and gas supermajor TotalEnergies has completed the transfer of its 10% stake in the Arctic LNG 2 to operator Novatek, ending its participation in the sanctioned Russian export project. TotalEnergies on Thursday confirmed that the transfer of its...

News

India is ranked the second-largest fish-producing nation globally, accounting for around 8 percent of global output. The fisheries sector in India accounts for nearly 7.43 percent of Agricultural Gross Value Added (GVA), the highest (independent) share among the agriculture and...

Asia-Pacific, Cooperatives, Development & Aid

Japan’s rush to field interceptor drones marks a sharp break with its traditionally slow-moving defense procurement system as it prepares for a battlefield increasingly dominated by cheap, expendable unmanned weapons. Japan’s Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency (ATLA) has awarded a...

Military, Block 2, China-Japan War

Gold-Backed Yuan System While no shovel has yet broken ground on dedicated Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) vaults outside Hong Kong, the architecture of a Global South alternative trade settlement system based on a gold-backed yuan is in play. Building an underlying non-Western...

News

Pakistan’s Chief of Defense Forces Field Marshal Asim Munir’s trip to Iran on August 24 has ignited new hope for a negotiated end to the the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. He arrived in Tehran with “ fresh proposals...

War & Peace, Asim Munir, Iran

British police have run more than a dozen training sessions since 2023 for countries that the government has flagged for their poor human rights record, Declassified UK can reveal. The College of Policing, the professional body for policing in England and...

Archive, Intelligence, Middle East

The War Enters a New Phase Six months after the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, the conflict appears to be entering an endgame defined by economic pressure, military deterrence and a lack of a clear path to...

Middle East & Africa, Iran, USA

Thailand plans to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy sources and embrace nuclear power for the first time to cut reliance on imported LNG in the wake of the Middle East crisis, Energy Minister Akanat Promphan told Bloomberg in an...

News

In August 2026, a fatal traffic accident from the previous year became one of the biggest trending topics on Vietnamese social media. Nguyen Sy Cuong, a former National Assembly deputy whose wife now serves as Minister of Culture, Sports and...

Southeast Asia, Block 3, Souhteast Asia

More than 150 people are dead and hundreds more missing after an enormous wave of water, ice, mud and rock cascaded more than 170 kilometres down the Bhote Koshi River valley in Nepal. The valley is the main link between...

South Asia, Climate Change, Nepal

Poland has asked the European Commission to impose a €250 million ($291.3 million) fine on Meta, accusing the social media company of failing to adequately tackle fraudulent advertisements and scams on its platforms. Polish Digital Affairs Minister Krzysztof Gawkowski said...

World News, European Union, Meta

Six months into the Iran war, OPEC+ is facing an unprecedented challenge to its influence over global oil markets. The alliance, which once had considerable power to shape prices by adjusting production, is now struggling to offset supply disruptions caused...

Energy Geopolitics, China, Oil-Gas

Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz rose slightly on Wednesday, but remained well below normal levels as uncertainty continued over the future of the strategic waterway and talks between Iran and Oman. Kpler data showed 10 visible commodity vessel...

World News, Economics, Iran

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