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The foreign-policy retreat is becoming a domestic political doctrine
Trump is not just redefining America’s role abroad; he is also recasting disengagement as a domestic political argument. His comments on Ukraine, the Senate’s war powers fight, and the broader 2026 ca
Africa’s Year of Fracture: Coups, Ballots and the New Geometry of Power
Africa’s politics in 2026 is being written in three registers at once: the ballot box, the battlefield and the corridor of diplomacy. From Sudan’s drone war to the Sahel’s coup belt and South Africa’s
Europe’s security debate is shifting from Ukraine to the Union itself
The war in Ukraine still defines Europe’s security outlook, but the sharper question in 2026 is whether the EU can protect itself if America steps back and Russia keeps probing. That debate is now res
Europe’s leaders are running out of room
The European Union enters mid-2026 under pressure from three directions at once: war on its borders, a harder American posture, and budgets already stretched thin. The result is a Union that talks mor
Food inflation keeps turning Africa’s economic problem into a political one
Across the continent, the cost of bread, fuel, and cooking oil is still driving public anger. What began as an external price shock has become a test of legitimacy for governments already under strain
Europe’s Corporate Engine Is Misfiring — and the Fix May Be Pricier Than the Problem
Europe’s economy is entering the second half of 2026 with its usual contradictions: inflation has cooled, but growth remains fragile; the euro is stable, but hardly exuberant; and its biggest companie
Europe’s security debate is finally catching up with reality
The EU is confronting a security environment shaped by Russia, hybrid threats and a more uncertain American role. What was once a debate about ambition is now a debate about survival and readiness.
The EU’s social contract is under strain as Europe absorbs one shock after another
Economic pressure, energy insecurity and geopolitical anxiety are feeding a broader sense of exhaustion across Europe. The danger is not just policy failure, but democratic fatigue.
Europe’s leaders head into June summit with too many fires and too little margin
EU leaders gather next week under pressure from war, energy insecurity and a harder geopolitical landscape. The meeting is less about grand strategy than about whether the bloc can still fake calm whi
The EU’s economy is stable on paper and fragile in reality
Europe still speaks the language of competitiveness, but its growth problem is now structural, not cyclical. The deeper issue is that the bloc wants industrial power without sacrificing political caut
The New Shock Doctrine: How Conflict, Code, and Censorship Are Rewriting the World
The world’s defining struggle is no longer a single war or election, but a converging crisis in which geopolitics, artificial intelligence, and the collapse of trust in institutions are reinforcing on
Europe’s Strategic Comfort Blanket Has Gone Missing
The European Union is entering another political season without the security assumptions that shaped its last decade. War in Ukraine, pressure on NATO, and a more transactional U.S. posture are forcin