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  As global trade tensions escalate between the United States and major economies worldwide, Europe faces significant challenges safeguarding its economic interests. The recent proposal by U.S. President Donald Trump to impose a 50 percent tariff on imports from the European Union underscores the urgency for the bloc to strategize effectively. This report outlines three potential scenarios […]

Some Western capitals appear to nourish hopes that it might be possible to drive a wedge between Russia and China – an inversion of what President Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger achieved in the 1970s when aligning with China against the Soviet Union. Russia is both a European and an Asian country, stretching across 11 […]

  International organizations have fared rather poorly over the last 30 years. Those devoted to guaranteeing peace have failed miserably. The same applies to bodies designed to provide aid to the poor or financial resources and expertise to countries facing temporary or structural difficulties. Efforts to provide global financial regulation have not produced the expected results, […]

  The world is witnessing a growing struggle for authority in Eurasia. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) outlines Beijing’s vision for a new economic order, linking nations to China through infrastructure investments and lending via relatively new economic institutions that challenge the postwar Western framework. In contrast, India presents a rival vision with the […]

  The United States’ Operation Midnight Hammer destroyed much of Iran’s three main nuclear facilities with bunker-buster bombs – heavy devices that can penetrate roughly 80 meters of stone. The attack may not have annihilated every element of Iran’s nuclear program, but it certainly has inflicted a major setback. In recent years, the world has experienced a […]