As Gaza convoys stall and pro-Palestinian activists fill Egyptian jails, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi turns crisis management into an art—using regional conflict to justify crackdowns and project illusory calm.
Sisi’s Script: Protest Crackdowns, Gaza Optics, and the Illusion of Stability Read More »
Nicolás Maduro spent the week juggling diplomatic photo ops, oil deals, and a scorched-earth media campaign—just another lap in Caracas’s endless race against isolation and irrelevance.
This week, Xi Jinping played diplomatic chess—juggling phone calls with Trump, warning New Zealand to stay “neutral,” and reminding the world that Beijing’s patience is never infinite.
Xi’s Week: Long Games, Nervous Neighbors, and the Art of the Carefully Managed Crisis Read More »
Nayib Bukele is running the strongman playbook at full speed—escalating his crackdown on dissent, leveraging his Trump alliance, and daring Washington to make good on threats of sanctions as MS-13 deals haunt both men’s records.
Assimi Goïta just rewrote Mali’s rulebook—extending junta power until 2030, shelving elections, and deepening ties to Moscow as insecurity spreads. Welcome to the new authoritarian playbook in West Africa: stay, delay, and blame the West.
Goïta’s Decade: Mali’s Junta Locks Down Power, Elections Cancelled Until 2030 Read More »
Geert Wilders’ far-right surge rattled the Dutch political order and forced the opposition into an unprecedented alliance—while Europe braces for another wave of hardline populism, culture war, and “Dutch values” exported to Brussels.
Mohammed bin Salman turned absence into strategy this week—snubbing the G7, championing Saudi AI, and trying on the peacemaker’s mantle. In Riyadh, every headline is a calculated move.
MBS’s G7 Snub, AI Chip Ambitions, and the Art of Absence Read More »
Trump spent the week deploying troops at home, threatening tariffs abroad, and watching Netanyahu seize the global spotlight on Iran—reminding everyone that in this “World Cup” era, even the strongman can get upstaged.
Trump’s “World Cup” Era: Tariffs, Troops, and Being Outplayed by Netanyahu Read More »
After Israeli strikes killed his top generals, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei promised the world would “write the end of this story.” The Middle East just got its most dangerous cliffhanger in decades.
Benjamin Netanyahu finally pulled the trigger on Iran, launching strikes with one eye on history and the other on his own legacy—while Trump, for once, was left in the dark.
Netanyahu’s Gamble: Israel, Iran, and the Last Days of Deterrence Read More »
