Clan, Competition, and the Future of Somali Power in the West. The spectacular rise of the Indian diaspora in the United States is often treated as...
Congress Identifies the Horn of Africa as Battlefield in China’s Bid for Global Dominance. The U.S. Congress’s latest annual report on the strategic rivalry with China...
The Lasanod administration’s decision to give mining companies operating in Sanaag a 30-day deadline to obtain official licenses marks a significant escalation. What has long been...
From Backchannels to the White House: Saudi Arabia Steps Toward Recognition of Israel. Saudi Arabia’s renewed engagement with Washington has opened a rare diplomatic window that...
The Trump administration’s decision to approve the sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia has reignited a long-running debate over U.S. arms policy, Middle Eastern...
From Trade Rivals to Sky Combatants — Israel and Turkey’s Drone War Takes Shape. The global drone market is fast becoming a new battleground between Turkey...
A340s, 777s and Forged Papers: Inside the Plot to Replenish Iran’s Fleet. A fresh sanctions-evasion pathway has opened from Africa to Tehran, aviation researchers and open-source...
Chinese companies are no longer riding into Africa on Beijing’s chequebook — they’re surviving, expanding, and reshaping the continent’s infrastructure markets on their own terms. And...
What is this alliance that Somalia is part of that is isolating Ethiopia? Somalia’s entry into the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden security architecture matters...
The Nile Wars Go South — Why Egypt’s Troop Deployment in Somalia Is a Strategic Flank Against Ethiopia. Egypt’s quiet decision to deploy forces under the...
What began as a quiet evening in Bislett, a student district in central Oslo, turned into a scene of chaos when two 13-year-old boys hurled hand...
Europe’s Critical Minerals Dilemma: Breaking Free from China’s Grip Without Going Broke. The European Union is racing to loosen Beijing’s stranglehold over the minerals that power...
The current surge in diplomatic friction initiated by the government of Somalia against the Republic of Somaliland is more than an internal territorial dispute; it is...
Hamas’s military collapse opened a rare path for Gaza’s future — one that runs through its clans, not its militias. Ignoring this reality could hand the...
In London, Volodymyr Zelenskyy coupled pageantry (Windsor) with power politics (Downing Street), pressing a “coalition of the willing” for more air defenses and a legal pathway...
Gen Z Protesters Topple Madagascar’s President — And Shake the Foundations of Africa’s Old Guards. In a dramatic replay of history, Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina —...
Russia Shoots Down Its Own Fighter Jet as Putin Pushes for Trump Summit Amid Ukraine Escalation. In a scene that underscores the chaos inside Vladimir Putin’s...
