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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


Secondary Sanctions
Secondary sanctions put pressure on third parties to stop their activities with the sanctioned country by threatening to cut-off the...
The Source
Oct 21 min read


Multipolarity
Multipolarity is the historical norm as it describes a system with multiple competing powers. The last defined multipolar system ended...
The Source
Oct 21 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


EU – China Summit
The EU-China summit was held in Beijing on the 24 th of July to mark 50 years of diplomatic relations. The summit included talks between...
James Hammersley
Aug 123 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


Tokenization
Tokenization is the process of using a programmable ledger to digitally represent the ownership of an asset - financial or otherwise - in...
The Source
Jul 191 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


Stablecoins
Stablecoins are digital representations of value that aim to maintain a stable price relative to one or more official currencies,...
The Source
Jul 161 min read


Grid Parity
It occurs when the cost of generating electricity from renewable sources like solar or wind becomes equal to or cheaper than electricity...
The Source
Jul 151 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


Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE)
How much does each unit of energy actually cost over time? The Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) measures the average cost of generating...
The Source
Jul 91 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
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