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Energy Resilience
"[...] is a strategy designed to ensure a stable and reliable energy supply, as well as devising an emergency plan to cope with a...

The Source
17 hours ago1 min read


From Fragility to Resilience: The Future of ECOWAS and the Imperative for Regional Transformation
A Vision Rooted in Collective Survival When the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created in 1975 through the Treaty...

Mountaga El Karim Diagne
3 days ago5 min read


Information Advantage
"Information advantage is defined as: the credible advantage gained through the continuous, adaptive, decisive and resilient employment...

The Source
5 days ago1 min read


Debt, Geopolitics, and Investment: How Africa's Financial Crisis Shapes Western Capital Strategy
Background As we enter the latter half of the decade, Africa is again at the heart of global competition - not just for resources or for...

Lawrence Kaiser
6 days ago5 min read


Sovereign Default
" It is surprisingly hard to define sovereign default. Default at its simplest is a broken promise, or a breach of contract. For...

The Source
Jun 181 min read


Open-Source Intelligence and the New Transparency of Global Conflict
The emergence of Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) in the digital era is breaking through the conventional fog of war. This strategy,...

Maria Kinder Lucas
Jun 154 min read


Israel’s Strike on Iranian Nuclear Facilities: Another Regional War?
Disclaimer: The currently available information regarding the ongoing escalations between Israel and Iran remains incomplete, with no...

Sia Jyoti
Jun 133 min read


Navigating Influence in the Indo-Pacific: Development Finance, Strategic Competition, and the CPTPP
The Indo-Pacific has emerged as the defining arena of 21st-century geopolitics—a place where economic ambition meets strategic...

Sofia Muscato
Jun 125 min read


Strategic Competition and Conflict in the Indo-Pacific
The growing strategic competition between the People’s Republic of China and the United States has become a central concern for...

William-Henry Au
Jun 104 min read


What Taiwan’s Semiconductor Dominance Means for Europe: Exploring How TSMC’s Global Footprint Intersects With EU Industrial and Digital Sovereignty Goals
As the global semiconductor landscape undergoes significant shifts, Taiwan's preeminence in chip manufacturing, particularly through...

Paula Thornton
Jun 44 min read


Data Localisation
"There is no single or definition of data localisation. At first, the term was understood to refer to any measure that could affect the...

The Source
Jun 31 min read


The Geopolitical Rationale of State Ownership in Football
State ownership of football clubs - why does it matter? Over the past century and a half, association football has become a major form of...

Pablo Mustienes
May 317 min read


AI-Driven Targeting and the Erosion of Distinction and Proportionality: A Case Study of the Israel-Hamas Conflict
This report is an academic policy analysis aimed at examining how emerging AI-driven targeting systems interact with international...

Sia Jyoti
May 294 min read


On Foxes, Hedgehogs, and A.I.
Archilochus, the 7th century B.C.E. Greek poet, is attributed with the observation, " [t]he fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows...

Lawrence Kaiser
May 244 min read


Economic Coercion
"The term ‘economic coercion’ has traditionally been difficult to define. As a starting point, the term can be defined broadly to include...

The Source
May 241 min read


The European Union’s Strategic Pivot to India Through the Free Trade Agreement
In recent years, relations between the European Union and India have been gaining momentum across many sectors. After nearly two decades...

Lucile Guéguen
May 215 min read


Psychological Operations
"PSYOPS are operations planned to convey selected information to a targeted audience to influence attitudes and behaviours of...

The Source
May 191 min read


The Era Of Low Quality Earnings
On May 7th, during the Fed’s latest meeting, Chair Jerome Powell announced that U.S. interest rates would remain unchanged at 4.25%, «...

Mehdi Amghar
May 187 min read


Cognitive Warfare
"Cognitive Warfare includes activities conducted in synchronization with other Instruments of Power, to affect attitudes and behaviours,...

The Source
May 171 min read


How Can Europe Make Itself More Relevant in the Middle East?
Europe, once a dominant force in the Middle East after World War I, with remnants of its influence extending to recent times, for...

Alessandro Ractliffe
May 166 min read
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