What implications can we expect from the Trump–Xi meeting, both at the bilateral and global level? A potential meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping is likely to reinforce a phase of “managed ...

The Africa-France summit in Nairobi, known as Africa Forward, is the last meeting of its kind for President Emmanuel Macron, whose term of office ends in May 2027. For the first time since its ...

Over the past two-and-half years, Russia’s botched invasion of Ukraine has shattered its image of military might. Russia failed to capture Kyiv, suffered humiliating defeats in Kharkiv and Kherson, ...

In recent years, peace and security in many African states have been severely disrupted by worsening socioeconomic crises, coups, armed banditry, terrorism, and other transnational threats, driving ...

Adapt to change or be swept along by events. These are the two paths facing the world in 2026, after a 2025 marked by major geopolitical shifts. Donald Trump’s second term in the White House has ...

The Western Indian Ocean (the Suez Canal, the Red Sea, the Bab el-Mandeb, the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian/Persian Gulf) is the new Gulf powers’ battlefield. Saudi ...

Similar to other current global crises – such as those in Ukraine, the Middle East and the Democratic Republic of Congo – the conflict in Sudan appears difficult to resolve through negotiations. There ...

The conflict between Morocco and the Western Sahara’s pro-independence Polisario Front goes back to the end of Spanish colonial rule. It was ignited in 1975 after Spain relinquished control of Spanish ...

When the civil war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, gold soon became pivotal in analyses of the conflict, both as a means of waging the war and as one of its causes. The role of the UAE and ...

The MED This Week newsletter provides informed insights on the most significant developments in the MENA region, bringing together unique opinions and reliable foresight on future scenarios. Today, we ...

The evolution of the space economy has been defined by three phases, each of them marked by a different involvement of public and private actors. The first phase (1950-1969) was mainly characterized ...

The European Union’s Global Gateway (GG) is undergoing a significant transformation. Once rooted firmly in development policy, GG is now being reshaped to serve a broader strategic purpose – ...