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Mark Temnycky on AUKUS: Strategic Reassessment & Deterrence
How will the 2025 AUKUS reassessment shape U.S. defense priorities and regional stability?
What challenges could delay AUKUS submarine production and technology integration among allies?
🦋 Plain Democracy: Reclaiming Fundamentals in an Age of Democratic Erosion
Plain language makes three recommendations. Firstly, readers should be able to find the information they need.
Plain language makes three recommendations. Firstly, readers should be able to find the information they need.
The Seven Mountains Mandate
The Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy
The Dangerous Plan to Christianize America and Destroy Democracy
🎭 How Social Media Can Support Transformative Conversations
Transformation needs space and safety. Is social media the answer?
Transformation needs space and safety. Is social media the answer?
The EU’s New Migration Pact and the Limits of Flexible Solidarity
The Common European Asylum System has long struggled with inconsistent implementation.
The Common European Asylum System has long struggled with inconsistent implementation.
Milei’s Argentina and the Unmaking of Diplomacy
In international relations, political leaders may set priorities, but institutions are meant to keep the system on track.
In international relations, political leaders may set priorities, but institutions are meant to keep the system on track.
Trump’s Foreign Policy Playbook Returns: What Europe Must Learn
Signature features of the Trump playbook include setting ultimatums, threatening the opposing party, then conducting negotiations under the escalating pressure of those threats.
Signature features of the Trump playbook include setting ultimatums, threatening the opposing party, then conducting negotiations under the escalating pressure of those threats.
Presidential Elections in Poland: Has the Populism Vaccine Failed?
Almost 50% of Nawrocki’s voters said their choice was driven by opposition to Trzaskowski.
Almost 50% of Nawrocki’s voters said their choice was driven by opposition to Trzaskowski.
☢️ The Ultimate Deterrent: Modern Strategic Conventional Weapons
Even proponents of nuclear deterrence often accept disarmament as an ultimate goal but see it as unrealistic.
Even proponents of nuclear deterrence often accept disarmament as an ultimate goal but see it as unrealistic.
Imperialism and the End of Globalisation
Vladimir Lenin defined it in 1916 as the synthesis of banking and industrial capital into finance capital, and that remains essentially correct.
Vladimir Lenin defined it in 1916 as the synthesis of banking and industrial capital into finance capital, and that remains essentially correct.
Inflation Is the Biggest Threat to Donald Trump’s Presidency
Donald Trump’s first-term approval ratings averaged 41%, the lowest of any President since the Second World War.
Donald Trump’s first-term approval ratings averaged 41%, the lowest of any President since the Second World War.
Not Just Carrots and Sticks: Why States Implement Environmental Obligations
Protecting the environment is a global task that doesn’t stop at borders.
Protecting the environment is a global task that doesn’t stop at borders
🌊 How a Far-Right Party Is Shaping the ‘New’ Old Romanian Man
Like illiberal parties elsewhere, AUR emphasises normality, rightness, and nostalgia for a notionally glorious past (in this case, skipping over communism).
Like illiberal parties elsewhere, AUR emphasises normality, rightness, and nostalgia for a notionally glorious past (in this case, skipping over communism).
World Population Boom and Stall: Have We Been Here Before?
In just 37 years, the global population has surged to over 8.2 billion.
In just 37 years, the global population has surged to over 8.2 billion.
Polarisation Begins in Political Discourse, and That’s What Makes It Dangerous for Democracy
Why is 'polarisation' the preferred term to describe the political climate in so many countries today?
Why is ‘polarisation’ the preferred term to describe the political climate in so many countries today?