Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
A collection of my editorials focused on uncovering what lies beneath the headlines
Romania’s political crisis has entered a decisive phase with the fall of Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, whose government was overwhelmingly removed in a no-confidence vote that passed 281 to 4.…
U.S. President Donald Trump has signalled a tactical pause in Washington’s effort to escort commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, citing what he described as “great progress” toward a…
When Johann Wadephul arrived in Athens, the message he carried was meant to reassure but instead exposed the fault lines running through Europe’s security architecture. His insistence that German supplied…
When Fu Cong said that China had no intention of replacing the United States at the United Nations, it sounded like restraint. In reality, it reflects a deliberate choice about…
The decision by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries member United Arab Emirates to step away from the wider OPEC+ framework is being presented as a technical adjustment, a…
The dispute over the Falkland Islands, long held in a state of managed calm, is once again drawing attention as shifting political alignments begin to test old assumptions. What was…
The weekend offensive that swept across Mali in late April 2026 has delivered one of the sharpest blows yet to the ruling military junta and, by extension, to Russia’s carefully…
Reports from El Fasher suggest that what is unfolding under the control of the Rapid Support Forces has moved beyond the chaos of siege warfare into a pattern of deliberate…
Divisions inside the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have reached a level that many now consider unprecedented. What was once a tightly held military bloc is now facing a political crisis…
For more than two decades, refugee camps in eastern Chad have quietly absorbed the fallout of wars next door. Now they are beginning to crack under a different kind of…