The Pentagon is Trying to Rebuild the Arsenal of Democracy
It’s not just one war or two. How do you fight three at once?
A federalized Europe isn’t in America’s interest
Andrew A. Michta is senior fellow and director of the Scowcroft Strategy Initiative at the Atlantic Council of the United States. Views expressed here are his own. There’s a sea change coming to Europe, and its consequences for America’s relations with key allies haven’t yet registered in Washington. Predominantly driven by pressure from Berlin and Paris,…
The rise and fall of geopolitical Europe
Nathalie Tocci is director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, a part-time professor at the European University Institute and a Europe’s Futures fellow at the Institute for Human Sciences. Her latest book, “A Green and Global Europe,” is out with Polity. As the European Union’s leadership enters its last lap, with the European Parliament elections scheduled…
Philosophy class: Generative AI
Epistemology and philosophy of mind
Bush says US must support Israel ‘no ands, ifs or buts’ amid 9/11 comparisons
Former president praises Biden for standing with Israel and says Netanyahu has ‘got to do what he’s got to do’ after Hamas attacks The US must support Israel “no ands, ifs or buts”, the former US president George W Bush said as he advocated for tough action in response to violence by Hamas which many…
BRICS Invites Six New Countries to Join the Bloc
Expansion of the economic alliance furthers its efforts to counter Western dominance.
Putin’s Desperate Play to Win Over Africa
Free grain promises to African nations aren’t enough to pull the continent to Moscow’s side.
Wagner and Russia are here to stay in Africa, says Lavrov
PARIS – Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has vowed Wagner’s operations in Mali and the Central African Republic “will continue” despite the failed rebellion led by Yevgeny Prigozhin, leader of the mercenary Wagner Group. The paramilitary group has expanded its reach across Latin America, the Middle East and Africa in recent years and it has been…
Is Senegal’s Exceptionalism Over?
The defenses that made the country unique are falling one by one—leaving political discontent and spiritual voids exposed to al Qaeda.
Why China Is Investing in Africa’s Green Energy Future
A wind farm in Namibia and a floating solar farm on Zimbabwe’s massive Kariba Dam are among the new green energy projects Chinese companies are looking at investing in this year after Beijing pledged to help African countries address their energy problems with renewable sources rather than fossil fuels. “Chinese overseas renewable energy investments aim to…