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Africa’s politics in 2026: leaders test constitutional limits while voters watch the exits
Across the continent, incumbents are again probing how far they can stretch the rules without triggering a backlash. From the DRC to Ethiopia and beyond, the year is shaping up as a stress test for co
Sudan’s war keeps grinding, and the Sahel is still paying the price
The continent’s worst conflicts continue to spread their costs far beyond the battlefield. Sudan remains trapped in a devastating civil war, while insecurity across the Sahel is exhausting populations
Europe’s institutions are becoming climate, trade and security institutions at once
The EU’s legislative agenda is no longer neatly divided between environmental policy, market rules and strategic security. Brussels is increasingly governing those areas together, turning institution-
The world is splitting into rival poles, and Europe is losing its old comfort zone
Geopolitical assumptions that shaped Europe for decades are eroding fast. By 2026, the EU faces a more fragmented world where power is distributed across several competing blocs and none of them is bu
A €5.85 billion signal: Brussels keeps the recovery machine running
The European Commission has continued to push recovery funding into the real economy, with Germany and Slovakia receiving fresh disbursements under the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The money is a
Europe’s new industrial doctrine: resilience becomes the EU’s default setting
Brussels is no longer treating industrial policy as a technical add-on to the single market. It is becoming the core language of European survival in a world shaped by protectionism, supply-chain shoc
The Machine That Watches You Back
AI is often sold as a productivity revolution, but its deeper significance may be political rather than economic: a system that turns human behavior into a raw material for prediction, management, and
The Strait of Hormuz Is Shaking Asia's Energy Calculus
Asia's policymakers are being forced to treat the Gulf as a domestic economic issue, not a distant conflict. The Iran war has sharpened anxiety over shipping lanes, fuel prices, and the fragility of r
China and Japan Keep Talking, But the Freeze Has Not Thawed
A brief exchange at an APEC dinner shows that even strained powers still need a channel, but it does not signal a breakthrough. The broader trade relationship remains trapped between strategic distrus
North Korea Is Adding Artificial Intelligence to Old-Style Coercion
Pyongyang’s latest weapons tests suggest it is pushing toward more autonomous strike capability, not just more missiles. That raises the stakes for regional missile defense and makes the security pict
Asia-Pacific Security Is Hardening Into a Network, Not a Bloc
The Indo-Pacific is moving from loose alignment to a denser security architecture, with bilateral and minilateral ties filling gaps left by slower multilateral consensus. That trend is visible in fres
Streaming’s New Order: Why American TV Is Less About Winning the Wars Than Surviving Them
The American TV business has entered a grimly rational phase: streaming platforms are chasing profitability, linear ratings keep eroding, and the old promise that “content” alone could buy dominance h
