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David Hutt is a political journalist based between the Czech Republic and UK, covering Europe-Asia relations and Central European politics. He is contributing editor at The Geopolitics. He is also a columnist at the Diplomat and Asia Times, and a regular contributor to Foreign Policy, Nikkei Asian Review, Euronews, and others.
Economy

Germany’s “Change Through Trade” Fallacy With China

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Germany’s Economy Minister Peter Altmaier confirmed last week what many pundits suspected: German officials still firmly believe Beijing will make progressive reforms if Europe...
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What Does It Mean If Europe Is No Longer “Naïve” About China?

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Naïve is becoming something of a buzzword for European leaders to describe why it is only now that they can see there might be...
Editors' Pick

There’s No Such Thing As a Post-Coronavirus World Order

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There’s a temptation to think that we cannot go back to the status quo ante; that there will be a pre-coronavirus world order and a...
Europe

Dark Days for European Democracy Post-Coronavirus

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Liberal democracies do not do well after major crises. Fratricide and totalitarianism haunted Europe after the economic collapse of 1929. Trumpism in America and...
Security

An International Commission Must Investigate China’s Mishandling Of COVID-19

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Writing in the South China Morning Post on March 14, Wang Xiangwei called on Beijing to allow an authoritative and independent special commission to...

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Defense

The Map Isn’t the War: The Slow Arithmetic Deciding Ukraine

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The map isn’t the war. Ukraine is fighting systems—power grids, drones, attrition. Russia leads this phase by compounding pressure, not breakthroughs. Outcome still contested, but arithmetic, not headlines, is deciding January 2026.
Opinion

Is Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s ‘Policy Summit 2026’ the Blueprint Bangladesh Has Been Waiting For?

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Bangladesh may be seeing a rare shift: from who rules to how to govern. Jamaat-e-Islami’s Policy Summit 2026 outlines a knowledge economy, digital anti-corruption tools, and welfare reforms—but can vision survive execution?
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In Icy Greenland, the Jungle Grows Back

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In icy Greenland, great-power politics thaw old colonial instincts. As Washington talks force, Nuuk answers identity: not American, not Danish—Greenlandic. The Arctic’s “trillion-dollar ocean” risks reviving the law of the jungle.
Americas

Maduro’s Capture: The Rise of Might-Makes-Right International Order?

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Maduro’s capture signals a grim shift: power over law. From Venezuela to Gaza and Ukraine, force is normalised, sovereignty erodes, and multilateral institutions hollow out—ushering a dangerous might-makes-right world order.
Commentary

The Russian Far East and China: Turning a Resource Periphery into a Gateway for Growth

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Sanctions revived Russia’s Far East as a pivot to Asia, but China ties remain extractive. Without diversification—energy, digital, tourism—the region risks staying a resource periphery, not a Northeast Asian gateway.

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