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The Currency War Nobody Wants to Name

February 7, 2026

ECONOMICS·Featured·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS

Venezuela did not become problematic because it was authoritarian, corrupt, or illegitimate. It had been all three for years without provoking decisive

Vae Victis: Putin Wins

February 2, 2026

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS

A frozen conflict would be a Russian victory in anything but name. Why a frozen conflict in Ukraine would amount to a

The Reassurance Trap

January 24, 2026

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·NATIONAL SECURITY·News·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

The Reassurance Trap: When Realism Is Rendered Consequence-Free With Trump’s appearance at Davos, the world on edge, and the frontlines unstable, reassurance

Europe’s Liberal Self-Deception

January 18, 2026

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·SECURITY·WORLD NEWS

Order was once built; its absence is now assumed. Europe is not undergoing an ideological shift, but an analytical collapse. Great powers

Weaponisation of the Suffering – Frozen Conflicts, Displacement, and the Utility of Human Movement

December 28, 2025

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·Immigration·MENA·Opinion | Analysis·Refugees·WORLD NEWS

Human suffering scales efficiently when it is managed. The weaponisation of refugees is a low-cost, high-leverage instrument for states able to tolerate

Europe must decide whether it intends to remain a consumer of security or finally become its producer

December 13, 2025

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·News·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS

The Russia-Ukraine conflict endures not because it is strategically complex, but because it is strategically convenient. But the truth beneath the rhetoric

Celebrating the First Republic of Armenia with a True Sense of Dignity, Victory and Pride

June 9, 2022

FOREIGN POLICY·FSU·News·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

OPINION: Can today’s Republic of Armenia claim it is independent, sovereign and democratic and celebrate the May 28, 1918 day of victory

The Dodik Problem – Civil War in the Balkans Looms Large

November 17, 2021

EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·FSU·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·News·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·RUSSIA | FSU·WORLD NEWS

As the U.S. and E.U. remain asleep at the wheel, the Balkans face what could be another Serb, Bosnian, Croat civil war,

American Insurgency – What Does a Peaceful Transition of Power Look Like Now?

January 17, 2021

AMERICAS·Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·U.S. | WASHINGTON D.C.·WORLD NEWS

America is supposed to be the world’s exporter of democracy, a profile in and of the peaceful transition of power for our

As Trump’s hold on power fades domestic hybrid warfare rages on

December 10, 2020

Headlines·LAW & INSTITUTIONS·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·WORLD NEWS

Behind the scenes of a Trump power grab, America remains engaged in its own, internal, political hybrid warfare.

The Kurds – Betrayal and an ignored report highlight US policy failures

October 13, 2019

AMERICAS·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·MENA·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·Refugees·WORLD NEWS

A US administration ignores the obvious, choosing betrayal over allies, trading Kurdish lives for a path towards US foreign policy failure.

Netflix series ‘The Paper’ (Novine) reflects reality of politics, corruption and freedom of expression in Croatia, the Balkans and beyond

September 24, 2019

FILM·FSU·Headlines·Human Rights·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·WORLD NEWS

Why should anyone outside of Croatia and the greater Balkans watch Netflix’s hit show “The Paper” other than entertainment value and loads

Blossoming Russo-Turkish alliance leaves U.S., NATO behind

August 1, 2019

ASIA·EUROPE·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS

Amid the failed politics of Patriot missiles and F-35s, Moscow and Ankara’s blossoming relationship has left NATO and U.S. interests exposed.

Cyber Warfare Now – Tales from the Digital Battlefield

July 2, 2019

ASIA·Cyber·Cyberwar·FOREIGN POLICY·Headlines·NATIONAL SECURITY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·RUSSIA·WORLD NEWS

Democracies worldwide are facing critical challenges from ever expanding cyberwarfare operations with the ability to not just threaten infrastructure, but to control

North Korea By the Numbers – Little Choice Remains for Trump and Kim

June 30, 2019

ASIA·FOREIGN POLICY·Op-Ed·Opinion | Analysis·Politics·WORLD NEWS

OPINION: Despite another Trump-Kim meeting, by the numbers, America’s choices don’t appear promising. “You hear the power of that voice, nobody’s heard