The Middle East is no longer asking whether it should develop domestic space capabilities; it’s deciding with whom it will develop them. If the United States wants to be the country of choice ahead of China, it must create a joint space partnership agreement framework to align American and partner nations’ industry, government and financial…
China appears to be winning the international tech race, and it isn’t particularly close. (Credit: Pla2na on Shutterstock) In A Nutshell China led remote sensing papers in 2021–2023 with ~47%; the U.S. had ~9%. Chinese funders were acknowledged in about 54% of papers in 2021–2023; U.S. funders in about 5%. Chinese entities held a dominant…
The tenuous trade truce between Washington and Beijing has collapsed. What lies ahead is less a conventional trade war and more of a sustained struggle in which both powers codify coercion into their economic statecraft and increasingly weaponize interdependence as a source of leverage. In this new, emerging phase, confrontation will no longer be perceived…
Another year, another failed attempt. U.S. President Donald Trump’s inability to secure this year’s Nobel Peace Prize was predictable. The odds that he will ever win the prize remain slim. Yet this latest knockback is only likely to redouble Trump’s desire to win in future years, putting renewed energy behind one of the most important…