Antonio Graceffo China is collaborating with the Myanmar military junta to establish a joint security company to protect Chinese investments and personnel in Myanmar. On October 22, 2024, the junta formed a working committee to draft a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the initiative, … [Read more...]
ROMANIA – ISRAEL The “Europe Summit 2024”
Dr. Sorin DOBIRCIANU An exceptional event dedicated to Smart Infrastructure and Smart City solutions. Organized by the prestigious Israeli entity GIV Solutions in partnership with HxGN EAM by Hexagon, the Romanian Association for Smart City (ARSC), and under the patronage of the … [Read more...]
Europe Has Run Out of Time
With Trump’s Return, the Continent Must Take Charge of Its Own Security—and Quickly By Norbert Röttgen For decades, the transatlantic alliance has been the bedrock of European security. But today, Europe’s partnership with the United States is at a critical juncture. With Donald Trump’s return … [Read more...]
Evolving Drone Capabilities of Pro-Iranian Factions in Iraq: Implications for Israeli Security and Regional Dynamics
Mustafa H. Escalation of Threats from Iraq: Tel Aviv’s Patience Running Thin While Israel remains focused on Gaza and its northern front, factions in Iraq have been gradually enhancing their drone capabilities. This development aims to improve their reach, causing greater damage and precision … [Read more...]
Germany at a Crossroads: Coalition Breakdown Portends Sweeping Change in 2025
Melanie Banerjee On November 6, shortly after the results of the 2024 US elections became clear, Germany was plunged into political uncertainty when Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a confidence vote for January 2025. Given the flagging popularity of the coalition government, the confidence vote … [Read more...]
The Future Deterrence, Defence and Resilience Conference
Professor Dr Julian Lindley-French In October, I had the honour of directing the Future Defence, Deterrence and Resilience Conference at Wilton Park in the UK. Under the leadership of General Lord Richards seventy leading practitioners and experts considered the vital relationship between people … [Read more...]
Trump’s Place in US Political Cycles
By George Friedman November 18, 2024 Open as PDF As I wrote in my most recent book, “The Storm Before the Calm,” we tend to use presidencies as benchmarks to help us locate where we are in time, but it would be a mistake to think that presidents and policies are the true agents of … [Read more...]
Iran and War
George Friedman Last week, I wrote on the Middle East and promised a follow-up piece would come next. The U.S. election intruded. Now I’ll return to the second part on the Middle East. We tend to view unrest as an internal event, usually contained in a given nation or region. But sometimes … [Read more...]
A Blueprint for Reclaiming Global Order
Sang Yeob Kim The Fragility of Global Stability Bob Woodward's War sheds a revealing light on the defining crises of our time, from the political turbulence of Donald Trump's presidency to the geopolitical upheavals of the Ukraine conflict. These events expose the vulnerabilities of the current … [Read more...]
America Needs To Reinvent Itself, George Friedman Says
Christopher C. Williams Winston Churchill famously said America ultimately does the right thing after exhausting all other options. In a way, noted political scientist George Friedman is channeling his inner Churchill when he suggests that America’s true superpower is its ability to find … [Read more...]