America might still be the world’s most powerful country economically, but by turning trade into a weapon, Washington may be accelerating the very redistribution of global influence it fears the most. The trajectory of powerThe most important shift in the US-China competition may not be the size of either economy …

Egypt warned Israel of a possible major Hamas attack, the latest report suggesting a security failure amid pressure on Netanyahu to face an independent inquiry Egypt’s then-intelligence chief travelled to Israel 11 days before Hamas’s 7 October 2023 attack and warned that the group appeared to be preparing a major …

The foreign ministers of Russia and Germany met in New York on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly on Saturday in the first such talks since before Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Relations between Moscow and Berlin, a close ally of Ukraine, have been frozen since the Russian invasion, …

Lors des discussions qui ont eu lieu lors de la récente session de l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies, l’Iran a réitéré sa proposition de réouverture du détroit d’Ormuz : «Abbas Araghchi, le ministre des Affaires étrangères, a déclaré aux journalistes lors d’un point presse à l’Assemblée générale des Nations unies …

The war between the United States and Iran has now entered its seventh month, with no clear off-ramp in sight. It has effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, despite U.S. military claims, through which around 20 percent of global oil trade, as well as a significant proportion of liquid natural …

Saudi Arabia’s expatriate jobs boom is fading as economic uncertainty from the Iran war deepens a hiring slowdown already underway after cutbacks at state-funded companies, recruiters have told AGBI. Search executives said the job market has become increasingly competitive since the war began, with fewer openings, tighter salaries and an …

The U.S.-Canada relationship is entering a period of strategic change as economic tensions, U.S. pressure and Canada’s push for diversification challenge the foundations of their traditional partnership. From Closest Partners to Strategic FrictionThe Trump administration imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, in response to which Ottawa has imposed retaliatory 15%- …

The persistence of current geopolitical alignments, the attention of Eastern actors to the region, the strengthening of Sanaa’s position in the Red Sea, and the expansion of regional opposition to the UAE’s role will diminish Abu Dhabi’s role in the region. UAE approachFor the past ten years, the Southern Red …

«L’expérience sociale en Chine réalisée sous l’égide du président Mao est une des plus importantes et des plus réussies de l’histoire de l’humanité…» (David Rockefeller, New-York Times, 1973) «Je ne suis pas un numéro, je suis un homme libre !» (n°6, «Le prisonnier» série TV, 1967)Partie 1 Cette analyse est …

Introduction The Russo-Ukrainian War, if dated to Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, is the longest running conflict in Europe since the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815). It may come to resemble not just these wars in duration and social destruction, but the Thirty Years War (1618-1648) as well. One …