For an entire generation of Americans, the sight of the Soviet Sputnik satellite passing overhead became a symbol of technological vulnerability. The first artificial satellite launched a space race that ultimately saw
The United States and Taiwan have concluded a sweeping trade agreement that lowers tariffs on key exports from the world’s leading semiconductor hub and commits Taiwanese companies to massive new investments in
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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday hailed what he described as rapidly improving relations between Canada and China, praising the leadership of President Xi Jinping and declaring that both countries were
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International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva has thrown her support behind U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, warning that eroding central bank independence risks economic stability at home and abroad. Speaking
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Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday that she had presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to U.S. President Donald Trump, an emotional gesture aimed at winning over an American
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The contemporary dynamics of digital architecture have altered the prospects of insurgency, which is no longer recognised solely by guns and territory. Digital architecture, defined by algorithms and grievance narratives, provides a
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Once again, Pakistan finds itself at a defining point in its national trajectory, wherein the challenges of internal security and the challenges of diplomacy in the global arena intersect with the challenges
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I am told that if I don’t like what “my government” is doing, I should write “my representative.” So I dropped Senator Adam Schiff a note about the US war on Venezuela.
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The US attack on Venezuela on 3 January 2026 came on the same day as French and UK jets bombed an underground facility in the mountains near Palmyra (Syria) and just a few weeks
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China’s military announced that it is developing more than 10 experimental quantum cyber warfare tools, many of which are reportedly being tested in front-line operations. The disclosure, published by the official Science
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If anyone still believes that Asia’s industrial future is being shaped by polite multilateral dialogue and neat development plans, the latest deep-dive produced by Oxford Economics for the Hinrich Foundation should end
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Oilfield services group SLB is poised to secure some of the first contracts under U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to revive Venezuela’s struggling oil industry, drawing on its decades-long footprint in the
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a measured and skeptical assessment of Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi, telling Reuters that while the exiled royal “seems very nice,” he is uncertain whether
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Following the dramatic seizure of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on January 3, 2026, Trump’s comments about taking control of Venezuela’s oil industry quickly triggered accusations of “neo-imperialism”. Critics argued that pledges to share profits with
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For over two weeks now, Iranians have been pouring into the streets in the largest demonstrations the country has seen since the 2022 “Women, Life, Freedom” uprising, and possibly since the 2009
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In a 2009 interview with Voice of America’s Ukrainian Service, conducted by Myroslava Gongadze, Zbigniew Brzezinski ( 1928-2017) offered a penetrating assessment of United States policy towards Eastern Europe and Ukraine at
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