Tracking the World, One Axis at a Time
A collection of my editorials focused on uncovering what lies beneath the headlines
When Chinese President Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin to Beijing with military honours, gun salutes and carefully choreographed symbolism, the meeting was about far more than diplomatic ceremony.…
As war in West Asia continues to disrupt global energy flows and uncertainty surrounding the Strait of Hormuz shakes Asian economies, a quiet but strategically significant transformation is taking place…
For more than eight decades, the Permanent Joint Board on Defense stood as one of the quiet foundations of North American strategic stability. Created during the Second World War by…
The Strait of Hormuz is no longer just a maritime chokepoint. It has become the centre of a much larger geopolitical confrontation involving Iran, the Gulf monarchies, the United States,…
The summit in Turkistan was not just another regional gathering wrapped in symbolism and ceremonial speeches. What emerged from the meeting of the Organisation of Turkic States was something far…
Just days after Donald Trump concluded his carefully watched visit to Beijing, Russian President Vladimir Putin is now heading to China for what appears to be a far more strategic…
For three days in Beijing, President Donald Trump behaved in a way rarely associated with him. There were no aggressive late-night social media outbursts, no improvised attacks in front of…
The latest polling across Europe reveals something far bigger than attitudes toward American military bases. It exposes a continent slowly splitting into two different strategic realities. On one side stands…
As India hosts the two day BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in New Delhi on May 14 and 15, the gathering arrives at one of the most volatile geopolitical moments in…
The European Union is quietly preparing for what may become one of the biggest security transitions in the eastern Mediterranean since the 2006 Lebanon war. Behind the diplomatic language coming…