Washington and Beijing see themselves locked in a zero-sum competition doubling as an existential ideological struggle. Read it here.

Now back in power, the Taliban have every reason to combat—not to condone—anything that looks like an international terrorist operation brewing on Afghan soil. Read it here.

An indisputable change in the global order has been accepted, demanding the EU navigate a new and very different course. Read it here.

A rollercoaster of political instability in Ethiopia and Sudan threatens to fracture the Horn of Africa, pushing the region into further turmoil. Read it here.

Washington cannot allow China to secure another oil-rich ally in the region by buying up strategic assets in the country. Read it here.