The Limits of the Trade Narrative: Understanding North Korea’s Real Economic Recovery North Korea appears to be enjoying its strongest economic performance in decades, with […]
Category: Opinion
Europe’s Long War With Russia: The 200-Year Geopolitical Pattern No One Wants to Admit
There is a long historical continuity of European involvement in attempts to weaken, constrain, or destroy Russia, which can be understood across several overlapping historical […]
Shooting at Baliem Festival Highlights Rising Tensions in West Papua
Two tourists were shot during the Baliem Valley Festival in West Papua on August 8, in an attack that brought the region’s most important cultural […]
Why Nicaragua Cancelling Elections Is A Good Thing
Nicaragua cancelling elections has been presented in much of the international media as another example of a revolutionary government abandoning democracy. The image created is […]
The Collapse of Nationalist China: Corruption, Military Defeat, and the Limits of American Power
Chongqing became China’s wartime capital during World War II. At the time, the Western Allies looked at China and saw a superpower in the making. […]
Vietnam’s Warrior Queen: Why This General is Still Honored Today
I’m standing at the foot of the massive statue of Lê Chân in the heart of Haiphong, Vietnam’s legendary port city. Most people know Haiphong today as […]
The Alternative Rises Because the Establishment Failed
Germany’s political class spent years pretending that the costs of mass migration were imaginary, or at least too impolite to mention. That lie has finally […]
What We Learned from the Xi Visit to Pyongyang
The visit by Xi Jinping to Pyongyang inside DPRK did not behave like a turning point and was not framed internally as one. There was […]
Vietnam’s Bamboo Signals: Balancing 5G Ambition with Geopolitical Reality
Vietnam is rapidly emerging as a global 5G powerhouse, leveraging a pragmatic strategy known as “bamboo diplomacy” to modernize its infrastructure while managing intense geopolitical […]
Bougainville inching towards full independence by 2030
Bougainville has been here before in one form or another: promised timelines, political frameworks, carefully worded commitments that suggest movement without ever fully guaranteeing arrival. […]