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Saint-Louis Rising: How Senegal’s Coastal City Turns Climate Crisis into Sovereignty and Resilience
On Senegal’s northern coast, where the Senegal River meets the Atlantic, the city of Saint-Louis has long charmed visitors with its...

Mountaga El Karim Diagne
Oct 36 min read


Europe: the Lost Art of Defence
Europe Wants Strategic Autonomy - But Cant't Rely on Itself Since the end of the Cold War, European countries have relied on the US-led...

Valerio Rosa
Sep 285 min read


Venezuela’s Geopolitical Position in 2025: Between Crisis Management and Strategic Realignment
Venezuela’s Resource Wealth: From Potential to Decline Venezuela possesses some of the most abundant resources in the Western Hemisphere...

Mikel Viteri
Aug 288 min read


EU Strategic Autonomy and the Taiwan Strait: A Tipping Point or Talking Point?
As the Indo-Pacific tilts toward geopolitical turbulence, the European Union’s long-standing ambition for “strategic autonomy” is once...

Paula Thornton
Aug 266 min read


The Persistent Myth of Mono Ethnic Economies
Intro Despite the divisions running through the Western bloc, the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and the European Union are all...

Mehdi Amghar
Aug 148 min read


Samurai of the Seas: Japan’s Enduring Maritime Legacy
Abstract This analysis explores Japan’s maritime power, examining how its profound knowledge of the sea has historically shaped the...

Alberto Vaccari
Aug 67 min read


The U.S. Grand Strategy: Is Containment Coming Back?
Introduction President Biden’s National Security Strategy (NSS) in October 2022 signaled a new rivalry-driven strategic stance for the...

Maria Kinder Lucas
Aug 55 min read


The Rise and Fall of Bolivia’s Socialist Model
“We thought we had a Qatar of gas,” said Bolivia’s Minister of Energy and Hydrocarbons, Franklin Molina Ortiz in October 2024 to describe...

Lucile Guéguen
Jul 319 min read


The Roots of a Coming Strategic Collision:The Rising Risk of a Turkey-Russia Regional Rivalry
The early 21st century has witnessed the revival of competing visions for Eurasia as both a geographic and civilizational space. At the...

Lawrence Kaiser
Jul 217 min read


Weaponized Migration: Russia’s Hybrid Tactic to Destabilize and Disrupt the EU & Schengen-border States
Part 1: Understanding Weaponized Migration as a Hybrid Threat Against Europe Introduction In December 2024, the European Union’s...

Eugenio Goia
Jul 1710 min read


Testing the Waters: The South China Sea and the Future of U.S.-China Competition
In the contested South China Sea, symbolic territorial claim demonstrations are nothing novel. Just last week, China conducted a...

Nini Pataridze
Jul 147 min read


Fueling Power: How EACOP is Redrawing East Africa’s Geopolitical Map
Landlocked and often overlooked, Uganda is one of the world’s lowest-income countries. Yet, beneath its soil lies a resource with the...

Lucile Guéguen
Jul 105 min read


The Rise of China’s Solar Industry in Europe
When it comes to renewable energy, the development of solar photovoltaics (PV) for residential and commercial use has tripled between...

James Hammersley
Jul 65 min read


Contractors in the Shadows: Out of Sight, Still in Play?
Abstract This article will examine the role of contractors, offering a historical perspective on the figure of the mercenary and its...

Alberto Vaccari
Jul 310 min read


Argentina's Economic Reboot: Milei's Liberalization
Two years into Javier Milei’s presidency, Argentina stands at a critical juncture in its modern economic history. Elected amid one of the...

Mikel Viteri
Jun 295 min read


Europe in the Geoeconomic Era: Building Resilience in Energy and Defence
The importance of guaranteeing the resilience of supply chains has not escaped anyone’s notice in Europe. On the contrary, after the...

Lenin Navas
Jun 267 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
Jun 235 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
Jun 195 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


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
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