Category International Relations and Strategic Studies

Global Tensions and Economic Shifts: The Trump Effect on Trade, Markets, and Geopolitics

The past week’s events have been dominated, once again, by US president Donald Trump. He has gleefully levied tariffs of 25% on imports from Canada and Mexico, and 20% on imports from China, renamed the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America, announced that he is taking over the Panama Canal, built with American blood and treasure but given away to Panama by President Carter in a bout of idiocy that, according to the Trumpian worldview, tends to afflict people who are not Trump. President Trump also extended a warm welcome to the people of Greenland to join the United States, bringing with them their vast territory of strategic importance to the United States and bearing critical minerals.

Trump’s Strategic extortion? The cost of Ukraine’s survival and military aid

The televised blowup between Trump and Zelensky encapsulates the essence of America’s foreign policy today. Backed by the largest and most expensive military force, the security blanket provided by the leader of ‘free world’ comes at a cost. The recipients of the security blanket can’t negotiate the deal, they just have to accept it.

Germany at a Crossroads: The Rise of AfD and the Future of European Politics

German elections this week have once again underlined that Europe's political landscape is undergoing a fundamental transformation. Friedrich Merz's conservatives won, but the star of the election night was Alternative for Germany, or AfD, which managed to double its support in just four years to 20.8%, emerging as the second biggest political force in the nation's parliament.

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