The Trump administration’s February 2026 launch of Project Vault, a $12 billion public-private critical minerals reserve, represents the most aggressive US strategic stockpiling initiative since the ...

The Strait of Hormuz has always been more than a narrow waterway. It is the pulsing artery of a fragile global order, carrying nearly a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas in peacetime.

Egypt’s foreign policy for years followed the “strategic balancing” doctrine, involving balanced relations with all great powers alike and strategic non-alignment. That now could be changing. In terms ...

The war in Iran appears to be paused, for now, as the United States and the Islamic Republic have announced a two-week ceasefire. It is unclear whether this ceasefire will hold or if hostilities will ...

Iran and the United States agreed to a two-week ceasefire on Tuesday night, just hours before the former’s civilization was ...

From the Sahel to Iraq, authority is produced through negotiation among distributed actors rather than imposed by centralized ...

Italy’s acquisition of the Bayraktar TB3 represents new momentum toward continental strategic autonomy while also ...