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$100 Billion Geopolitical Gamble by the US
In an era marked by power shifts and regional realignments, the United States has unveiled what could become one of the most ambitious geopolitical…
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Executive Research Assistant
China's Multi-Layered Shield: Inside Norinco's Integrated Anti-Drone & Air Defense Arsenal
The drone threat is evolving – fast. From swarms overwhelming defenses to precision strikes on critical infrastructure, the battlefield and homeland…
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Executive Research Assistant
Russia and Afghanistan Forge Closer Ties Amid Regional Firestorms
A Strategic Alliance Emerges in the Shadow of Regional Conflicts and Global Isolation.
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Beijing and Brasilia Beat the Odds
China-Brazil relations are robust with the two giants cooperating in such areas as digital economy, green economy, sci-tech innovation and aerospace…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Trump's Tech Titan Tussle
Tech decoupling is a catastrophe for US tech firms. China will innovate cheaper alternatives and dominate the global market.
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Dr. Digby James Wren
THE SUM OF BRICS - From Mumbai, Jakarta and London
New Delhi emphasised that members of the bloc are not conspiring to dethrone the dollar; Jakarta predicts the end of western domination; and, London…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
BRICS in Brasil - Global South Rises
BRICS states including Brasil, India, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Indonesia, UAE, China, Russia and South Africa condemn Trump's 10% tariff threat.
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Dr. Digby James Wren
'America First Foreign Assistance' and the Rebirth of USAID
USAID will be folded into the State Department, with a new agency taking its place, “America First Foreign Assistance.”
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Dr. Digby James Wren

June 2025

DEBT FUELLED NATO
Changing priorities to emphasize defense spending, the truth about NATO, Australia, Japan and Sth Korea are no shows and America prepares for the first…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Recalibrating US-Pakistan Ties in Regional and Global Upheaval
Featured contributor Dr. Yasir Masood on the significance of the meeting between Pakistani Army Chief of Staff, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and US…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Will Trump Catalyse Israel Iran Cataclysm?
Featured contributor Prof. Jose Mahoney joined CGTN to discuss the possibility the US will join Israel's war against Iran. Last Monday Trump publicly…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
Beyond the dollar: The Global South's exit from US fiscal fragility
The United States faces a structural trilemma from which there is no painless exit, and the consequences for the rest of the world, especially the…
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Dr. Digby James Wren
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