The argument against established international institutions is often made, but the case for their replacements is rarely tested. Three Sahel states are leaving the International Criminal Court and West Africa’s main regional bloc. But the real test is whether the new Sahel alliance can produce genuine institutional capacity.
Egypt has rejected a request by Khalil al-Hayya, head of Hamas’s political bureau, to relocate the group’s political leadership headquarters from Doha to Cairo, as Hamas explores alternative arrangements for its senior leadership outside the Gaza Strip, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
The United Arab Emirates and Iran have reached a series of understandings aimed at de-escalating tensions between them and preventing the war in the region from expanding, according to a source familiar with communications between the two sides.
America’s bid for global AI dominance is colliding with an old political reality: every technological revolution eventually raises the same question—who foots the bill? The reckoning will come in the hearing rooms of state utility commissions, where regulators will decide who pays for the enormous power infrastructure required.
Mamdani’s victory in New York’s mayoral contest accelerated a debate over democratic socialism in U.S. politics. His campaign on housing affordability, cost-of-living, and a larger government role in the economy, elevated a movement that existed on the margins into one of the most visible currents in American politics.
Chinese authorities have intensified measures related to drone exports in recent months, with the actions extending to the detention of a number of officials and executives at major companies operating in the defense and drone sectors, according to a source close to one of the companies affected by the measures.
The China-U.S. arms race has entered a critical phase. For decades, China’s nuclear deterrent relied almost exclusively on land-based missiles—static assets vulnerable to a preemptive first strike. Today, Beijing is rapidly developing a more survivable undersea nuclear force.
Europe made Morocco its southern border guard. It funds Moroccan border control and relies on Rabat to stop migrants before they reach Spain. Yet Europe also keeps pulling Morocco closer, buying over half of its exports and hiring its people to fill jobs.
Europe’s rivers are running low, and the effects are spreading far beyond their banks. Extreme heat and drought are disrupting trade, energy production, agriculture, and critical infrastructure across the continent.
Britain is locking long-term defense investment into Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland just as their constitutional futures are being reopened. The risks differ by territory, but together they expose basing, industrial, and alliance vulnerabilities across NATO’s northern flank.
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