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A fragmented continent is heading into a year of decisive votes, institutional tests and political recalibration

China is tightening the screws around the island, not with a dramatic invasion, but with a calibrated campaign of pressure, normalization, and political bypass

The Iran–U.S. “pause” that never was, and the Gulf region trapped in a rolling war it cannot control

Russia’s high‑volume air war meets a reshuffled Kyiv as both sides settle into attrition

Orbán’s fall, Ukraine’s windfall, and a continent testing the future of its democracy

How Beijing’s 2026 playbook mixes warplanes, detentions and diplomacy to redraw the Strait’s fragile status quo

As Kyiv takes the war to Russia’s rear and Moscow grinds forward by metres, the battle for Ukraine’s future may now be as much diplomatic as it is military.