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The Danger of a Transactional Worldview
By Jordan Ryan | 11 December, 2025
On December 4, the Trump administration released its 2025 National Security Strategy, the document articulating America's approach to global security.
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When Algorithms Rewrite History: Governing the Digital Erosion of Democratic Memory
By Jordan Ryan | 06 December, 2025
As Spain marked the fiftieth anniversary of Francisco Franco’s death in November 2025, the country’s reckoning with its past collided with social media platforms amplifying distorted versions of the dictatorship to millions of young Spaniards.
Japan Stumbles: The Taiwan Fiasco
By Masaru Tamamoto | 05 December, 2025
It was seemingly an unprepared remark and quite unnecessary. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that Japan will defend Taiwan if Beijing tries to reunify China by force.
Is Europe Dreaming of Colonial Era Dominance?
By Ramesh Thakur | 04 December, 2025
In an extraordinary act of foreign interference in a friendly country’s bilateral relations with a third country, the French, German and British envoys published an op-ed in The Times of India on Monday that was highly critical of India’s continued close relations with Russia.
US Response to China’s Nuclear Buildup: Four Schools of Thought
By Abdulla Ibrahim | 02 December, 2025
China’s rising economic and conventional capabilities are now paired with expanding nuclear forces. Strategically, Washington must decide whether it is possible to avoid confronting China and Russia together, and the price to make that happen.
The Return of Nuclear Brinkmanship?
By Ramesh Jaura | 28 November, 2025
In a post on his 'Truth Social', Trump announced that the United States would resume nuclear testing, in response to atomic threats he said were coming from Russia and China. The move was seen across the board as marking an end to 33 years of restraint since the last US underground test in Nevada in September 1992.
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