US President Donald Trump’s designation by various publications as one of the most influential people of 2025 is not surprising. But it is nonetheless striking: rather...
Make no mistake: despite the claims of US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and their MAGA acolytes, the European Union is not in...
Data-center investments hint at a coming shift in the AI race. Soon, if not already, reliable, affordable electricity will confer the decisive advantage in the...
In early January, Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) released its annual analysis of the cyber threats the island faced in the previous year. The document bears...
The Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro marks a watershed for international law and the global order. Of course, this isn’t the first time...
Things appear to be going very well for Donald Trump, going into the second year of his second term as US president. He has had...
For this article, published on 1 January 2026, I had intended to look at how the previous year has normalised extremism. But it’s also a...