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March 2025

World Trade Disorganization: How the US Is Undermining Its Own Legacy
📡 In a move that has trade wonks, diplomats, and just about everyone who likes predictable rules scratching their heads, the Trump administration last…
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Red Sea Blues: Yemen versus the global economy
📡 You know the feeling when you create a WhatsApp group chat and accidently add someone you shouldn’t have ?
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Turkish Delight: How Turkey became the new regional power player
📡 Napoleon once famously said ‘If you want to understand the behaviour of a country, just look at a map’.
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SurRealPolitik: France and European Strategic Autonomy
📡 ‘If you’re right too early, you’re wrong’.
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February 2025

Borderline Behavior: What is Israel doing in Syria?
💬 An old (wonderfully cinical) quote about Lebanon goes something like: ‘If you have understood everything about Lebanon, it means they’ve explained it…
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EU have a Problem: What the U.S. Strategic Pivot on Russia Means for Europe
📡 Today, people share their thoughts on how the world of 2025 bears a striking resemblance to the world pre-WWI.
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Putin on a Show: US & Russia face off in Riyad & Europe's new two-front war
‘We know they are lying.
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The Sound of Munich: The Predictable Collapse of Transatlantic Unity
"Nations have no permanent friends, only permanent interests." Charles de Gaulle’s words have never felt more relevant today.
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