Introduction: Alarmed by recent information, the French government warned about a potential sale of Nigerien uranium to Russia. Both Moscow — and its company Rosatom — and the Nigerien junta denied such a transaction, nevertheless, it is not the first time that Russia is interested in the nuclear sector in Niger. In July 2025 already, the   Russian minister of energy, accompanied by a delegation of representatives of the defence minister and giants of the uranium industry  (R

Introduction: European Union enlargement has re-emerged as one of Europe’s most geopolitically significant debates. When Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the EU, and to a wider extent, the continent as a whole, was forced to alter its geopolitical strategies.  The EU now has to re-evaluate its borders. Just as many former Warsaw Pact states began pursuing EU membership after the Cold War, many Eastern European states are now seeking closer ti

Introduction: In the past weeks, the war in Sudan intensified as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) captured the city of El-Fasher in the Darfur region, leading to violences against the civilian population. Reports mentioned mass killings, executions and looting in the city. The conflict started in 2018, when a popular revolution led in 2019 to the fall of Omar El-Bechir who had been ruling over the country since 1989. A transition was then mapped between a military council and a

Vice Presidents have remarkable latitude when it comes to foreign policy. In the United States, they are the principle diplomat and the highest ranking official to meet with and persuade other foreign leaders to come around on the American agenda. The power of a vice president was something that Dick Cheney understood very well while leading the 2000 Republican Vice President Search for George W. Bush. With his own deep resume of Wyoming’s congressman, White House Chief of St

Pakistan and the Taliban has had relatively good relations for years. Pakistan has since Taliban came back to power in 2021 assumed that Taliban would ultimately act as a counterbalance against India. Even before Taliban returned to power, Taliban still had influence in Southern Afghanistan, and Pakistan needed to make sure that that Taliban would not be supporting and exporting terror groups from Afghanistan to Pakistan, notably Pakistani Taliban or (TTP). Who has waged a vi

In mid-October 2025, Washington and Buenos Aires announced a financial decision in which President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent approved a $20 billion currency swap with Argentina’s central bank, along with an additional $20 billion expected to come from private lenders. The official goal is to “stabilize Argentina’s volatile peso” and “help the country embrace economic freedom.” The deal comes at a very opportune moment — just days before Argentina’s Oct

Introduction Europe is building a wall. Not made of concrete, but with code, signals and radar. What began as a suggestion from Lithuania, has evolved into one of the European Union’s largest and most complex defense projects, a ‘Drone wall’ stretching from the Baltics down to the Black Sea.  The ‘Drone Wall’, formally known as the European Drone Defense Initiative is part of the EU's broader Defense Readiness Roadmap 2030, and has been announced in response to the rising num