Briefings. Signals. Clues.
Because diplomacy rarely leaves fingerprints
but always leaves traces.
Netanyahu’s Faustian Pact with Trump
When the bunker-busting bombs dropped on Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan, a decades-old Israeli wish was fulfilled—not by Tel Aviv, but by Washington.
The War That Wants to Happen and Just Did
There’s no more ambiguity. The United States has entered the war. Diplomacy is no longer an alternative; it’s an alibi.
The Rules of Retaliation
The rules of retaliation have changed. The sooner we acknowledge it, the better we can navigate what’s to come.
Elegantly Undone: How Democracies Collapse in Silence
Democracy, as it turns out, does not need to be shot in the street. It can be chloroformed quietly in its sleep – no blood, no outrage, just the soft hum of constitutional procedure.
Can the West Still Learn?
The decline of Western dominance isn’t coming. It’s here. The Global South has stopped waiting, and the West is still looking in the mirror.
Nigeria: The Giant That Talks While Others Move
Nigeria sees itself as Africa’s center of gravity. And why not?
Is it a New World, or is it just a New Angle?
When we last looked around in January, the second inauguration of Donald Trump already seemed like a significant geopolitical tremor.
The Hidden Costs of Green Technologies
The energy transition is no longer a future vision but a widely accepted necessity. Electric vehicles, wind power, solar panels – the instruments of transformation are already in place. Yet even as the direction is clear, the path forward remains complex. In his book The Rare Metals War, Guillaume Pitron offers a sober and precise look
Ten Years Later: Rise of the Robots Revisited
Ten years after Rise of the Robots, we revisit Martin Ford’s bold predictions about automation, AI, and the end of work. What came true, what didn’t — and why the slow collapse of the middle class might be more dangerous than the sudden disruption he feared. Spoiler: the future didn’t explode. It just stopped knocking.