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How serious is the Houthis' threat of a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia?

Middle East TA | AP Insight - July 20, 2026.

Yemen's Iranian-backed Houthi rebels on Monday announced they are imposing a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia in retaliation for a blockade on Yemen and a...

Will the US be able to fend off the Chinese challenge to its primacy as it did against the Soviet Union?

Politics Joschka Fischer - July 20, 2026.

The era in which global order rested on a US monopoly over military and economic power and values has finally come to an end, taking...

Washington is preparing Seoul for a greater role in the Pacific

Politics The Editorial Board - July 20, 2026.

On 17 July, North Korea strongly denounced the RIMPAC exercise in Hawaii as a US warfare exercise and announced a “chain of proportional countermeasures”. In a...

In trying to weaponise Hormuz, Tehran is mainly hurting Iran

Energy Daniel Lacalle - July 20, 2026.

The dominant media narrative has been that Iran can shut the Strait of Hormuz, paralyse energy trade, and hold global markets hostage. However, the evidence...

American Jews far from uncritical towards Israel's operation in Gaza

US TA | AP Insight - July 19, 2026.

The Associated Press surveyed more than 1,000 Jewish adults in the U.S. to better understand their views on Israel's military actions in Gaza, their opinions...

Is Hungary’s economy ready to embark on the path to euro adoption?

EU Gene Frieda - July 19, 2026.

For the first time in more than a decade, a Hungarian government has said something about the euro that markets can actually plan around. Prime Minister...

Pax Americana 2.0: which networks will shape the global order by 2050

Globalization Kerem Alkin - July 19, 2026.

The international order is not collapsing. It is being reorganised. The United States still holds unmatched military, financial and technological advantages. Yet the strategic environment that...

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