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There is no guarantee that the next pandemic will involve a respiratory virus. The recent proliferation of rodents in Australia suggests that a virus or bacterium carried by

Mutually assured destruction (MAD) is also no longer a maintainable strategy and this increases the risk of the use of nuclear weapons

America’s challenge now more than ever before is to reassert itself in the world in a meaningful and constructive way

The weaponisation of trade, the imposition of sanctions on sovereign foreign reserves and exclusion from SWIFT by the US could trigger a faster de-dollarisation among countries having the

In this great game of Super Chicken, Putin won decisively and Biden was a pigeon

The question after Ukraine’s experience is whether the US is more interested in an economics-based approach to foreign policy or a principles-based approach

By Jan Arden

Breakfast with Bwana

In reality, 2021 was the year of Covid, Coup, Climate, Chaos, and of course, China. In short, C for Catastrophe

What do these geopolitical shifts harbinger for our own strategic interests in the Indian Ocean? Any reshuffle of some magnitude, presents risks but also opens opportunities

Stability and security on the Indian Ocean waterways have been for 70 years the mainstay for international development and regional prosperity. Nobody stands to gain either from a

  China used to only make Soviet cars under licence. Now it’s taking on Tesla

New variants, and other bits of news amid the pandemic, are often latched onto and amplified by certain people and media. There’s a real risk this causes fear

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