As China prepares to commemorate the 80th anniversary of victory over fascism on September 3, 2025, global attention turns to Beijingās military…
This year marks another solemn anniversary of the atomic bombingsā80 years since the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Over…
My analysis of the beginnings of cracks in NATO had been published with a short delay, just enough to become obsolete. I pointed to…
At NATOās recent summit in The Hague (24ā25 June), alliance leaders triumphantly announced a historic decision: all members will increase military spending to…
In 2022, I was invited to participate in a book project that gathered leading scientists worldwide to address a topic that already seemed critically…
As NATOās next summit looms ā against the backdrop of an escalating proxy war in Ukraine and a genocidal horror in Gaza…
The patience, strategic thinking, and chess-like approach of Chinaās leadership have once again proven their strength. Even one of the oldest weekly…
As we approach a major anniversary, 80 years since the defeat of fascism, a strange silence hangs over my country, Macedonia, and…
The ninety-day customs truce āgraciouslyā granted by Trump is rapidly expiring, placing European economies in a serious dilemma. A looming 20% tariff…
The West has long cherished political correctness as though it were a core democratic value. This drive to āciviliseā public discourse has been…
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