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The West should rethink how it engages with the BRICS+

Globalization Jim O'Neill - July 21, 2026.

I recently launched a new policy platform (with Gemma Cheng’er Deng) to promote closer cooperation between the West and the BRICS+ group (Brazil, Russia, India,...

Democrats’ leftward turn on Israel could threaten potential November gains

US James Oliphant - July 21, 2026.

Nancy Pelosi, the veteran lawmaker who for a time was considered the most powerful woman in US politics, last week did what was once unimaginable. Pelosi...

Azerbaijan consolidates its pro-Western course, offering stability in an unstable environment

Eastern Europe Oleksandr Levchenko - July 21, 2026.

The Azerbaijani authorities continue to pursue a consistent policy aimed at strengthening the country's strategic autonomy and gradually reducing Russian influence in the South Caucasus.  The...

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...

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