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Toward a United States of Europe?

Subscribe now with a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Europe at the castle: Defense shift forces a fiscal reckoning Diego Faßnacht reports that Europe’s accelerating rearmament drive is forcing a decisive shift toward

A decisive mandate and defining moment for Bangladesh

The decisive mandate secured by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in the country’s 13th parliamentary election marks an inflection point for a nation emerging from institutional exhaustion. After years of concentrated authority under Sheikh Hasina and the Awami League,

Weaponized faith to burning borders in Afghanistan

Afghanistan is no longer simply a humanitarian tragedy. It is becoming a strategic fault line — where religious repression at home and militant projection abroad converge in ways that threaten South Asia and, eventually, regions far beyond. Two recent developments crystallize

Who would win a Ukraine election?

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is under intense pressure from the US to take his country to the polls as early as this spring. Donald Trump is demanding elections as a condition for American security guarantees for Ukraine against any future Russian invasion. Zelensky

Markets likely mispricing Japan’s ‘Takaichi trade’

In the days since its landslide victory, Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Party finds itself grappling with the ultimate political quandary: what to do when you’re the proverbial dog that caught the car? The yen’s powerful rally since Sunday’s election triumph suggests