Hamas' October 7, 2023 surprise attacks against Israel from the Gaza Strip elicited a fiery Israeli response, both militarily and diplomatically. It has been...
With foreign ministers of the 14 mostly Anglophone sovereign member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) bloc scheduled to meet later this month—as they regularly...
Insofar as the spotlight tends to fall almost exclusively on  major Western powers and regional (middle power-type) players relative to global flashpoints, such as...
Like Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, Hamas' Oct. 7 assault out of the Gaza Strip (via air, sea and land) on Israel provoked a visceral reaction...
The argument — voiced in an Aug. 29, 2023 guest editorial titled 'Caricom and new BRICS' in the Jamaica Gleaner newspaper — that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) bloc's leadership "should...
If power in sport now lives in city halls, boardrooms, and algorithms—not stadiums—how will the U.S. wield cities, capital, and code as it hosts the world’s biggest events over the next decade?
Four years on, Ukraine’s war drags across 1,200 km, cities in ruins and millions displaced. Russia entrenched, Kyiv defiant, the West divided—how long can a war of attrition outlast political will before exhaustion decides the peace?
After joining ASEAN in 2025, Timor-Leste is leveraging sustainable, high-value tourism to boost soft power, diversify beyond oil, and cement its regional role—positioning itself as Southeast Asia’s next authentic frontier, not its next mass market.
How close is Cuba to collapse? Energy strangulation, fading allies, and Trump’s oil squeeze after Venezuela’s shift have left Havana isolated and rationing. For the first time in decades, the regime’s survival feels uncertain.
Madrid 2026 wasn’t diplomacy—it was redesign. Washington moves past Algeria’s veto politics, backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, and seeds a Tunis-Rabat axis built on energy sovereignty, phosphates, and geo-economic integration. The Maghreb’s balance is shifting.
