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Benin presidential election 2026: a controlled campaign
A managed transition under the banner of stability
In Benin, the 2026 presidential election campaign has officially begun, though the atmosphere suggests less a democratic...
Geopolitics
G7 Middle East: The Illusion of a Durable Peace Under Strain
Gathered near Paris, G7 leaders project a message of de-escalation in the Middle East. Yet beneath the diplomatic language, strategic fractures and American ambiguity...
Geopolitics
North Korea Belarus: a revealing shift in global power dynamics
The relationship between North Korea and Belarus has quietly crossed a strategic threshold. In Pyongyang, under tightly controlled optics, Kim Jong-un and Alexander Lukashenko...
Geopolitics
EU–Australia: A Trade Deal Under Strategic Suspicion
There are agreements that claim to open markets—and others that quietly close wounds without ever healing them. The newly signed EU–Australia trade agreement belongs...
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Chad Signals Measured Retaliation as Sudan War Creeps Across Borders
Chad and Sudan drone strike tensions are no longer a theoretical risk whispered in diplomatic corridors; they have taken shape in blood and debris...
Geopolitics
US Strike on Iran: Lessons for Taiwan and China
A war that clarifies more than it resolves
There is something deceptively chaotic about the current U.S. strike on Iran, yet beneath the noise—media outrage,...
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Ukraine EU loan blocked: Orbán sets the pace in Brussels
Another summit, another deadlock
Ukraine EU loan blocked — the phrase now circulates through Brussels corridors less as a policy issue than as a quiet...
Geopolitics
Pakistan Strikes in Afghanistan: Kabul Under Fire
In a diplomatic silence that feels almost calculated in Western capitals, Pakistan strikes in Afghanistan have resumed with an intensity that appears anything but...