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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 26, 20257 min read


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
Jun 24, 20251 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 23, 20255 min read


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

The Source
Jun 20, 20251 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 19, 20255 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 18, 20251 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 15, 20254 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 13, 20253 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 12, 20255 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 10, 20254 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 4, 20254 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 3, 20251 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 31, 20257 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 29, 20254 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 24, 20254 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 24, 20251 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 21, 20255 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 19, 20251 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 18, 20257 min read


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

The Source
May 17, 20251 min read
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