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The Treasury assumes a larger role in US foreign policy

US Tomorrow's Affairs Staff - September 9, 2026.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on 8 September in Dallas that the US balance sheet would be used to pursue foreign policy goals. He...

Can Europe be more competitive in space?

EU TA | AP Insight - September 9, 2026.

Key figures from Europe’s space industry and other international players have converged in Paris to discuss how to advance the continent’s ambitions in a global...

Can democracies defend themselves against Chinese high-tech colonialism?

China Glenn Chafetz - September 9, 2026.

China’s policy of fostering foreign dependence on Chinese manufacturing and infrastructure is a geopolitical strategy, and not merely an economic consequence of macroeconomic decisions.  The Chinese...

Farage’s national emergency plan fails to eclipse problems facing his Reform UK party

UK Harvey Morris - September 9, 2026.

Is Britain broken? The right-wing Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said it is. But that was in a week in which the state of his...

Jamaica seeks a legal response on reparations from the Crown it intends to leave

UK The Editorial Board - September 8, 2026.

A Jamaican government delegation, led by Culture Minister Olivia Grange, presented a formal petition to King Charles III in London on 7 September. The monarch...

No breakthrough in Ukraine until Moscow reconsiders its maximalist demands

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - September 8, 2026.

The visits of US presidential envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner to Moscow on 5 September and Kyiv on 6 September 2026, did not produce...

Washington's fog of war may allow Trump to claim victory over Iran as he sees fit, but Americans don’t seem to be buying it

US James Oliphant - September 8, 2026.

The fog of war is a well-known phenomenon of battle. But this time, the fog is coming from inside the house. The White House. U.S. armed...

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