A confidential US government assessment from 2022 warned that a sudden disruption of semiconductor production in Taiwan could reduce American economic output by approximately 11 percent, translating into losses of roughly $2.5 trillion, with global […]
As leaders gather this weekend at the Munich Security Conference, Europe is set to confront the reality of its long-running “strategic autonomy” claims. With Russia’s war grinding on, US political uncertainty looming, […]
Greenland has barely registered in global politics for much of modern history. Until recent weeks, it was regarded as a far-away, ice-covered territory at the edge of world affairs, with very limited influence. The world’s largest island […]
In Tianjin on 1 September, China’s Xi Jinping told visiting leaders that it’s time to “take a clear stand against hegemonism and power politics” – a thinly veiled swipe at the US […]