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      Walking the Middle Way, Together

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      Last month at Davos, Canada’s Prime Minister (PM) Mark Carney gave a remarkable speech: brave, honest and formally revealing the end of an international rules-based order. But in addition to exposing reality, it was a call-out to “middle powers” to stand up and stand united against the growing demands of aggressive superpowers. The concept of… Continue reading Walking the Middle Way, Together
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      Iran, Gaza and the Politics of Conditional Solidarity Within Western Activist Circles

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      Last summer, I lived in Athens, volunteering with a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that provides food to refugees and people experiencing homelessness. I stayed in Exarcheia, a neighborhood that some of my friends warned me about in advance. They described it as dangerous, overrun by anarchists, radicals, even criminals. What I found instead was warmth. The… Continue reading Iran, Gaza and the Politics of Conditional Solidarity Within Western Activist Circles
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      FO Exclusive: Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Signals Rising Paranoia in China

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      Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, examine the political and military significance of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to purge senior military leaders of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). They raise questions about Xi’s grip on power and… Continue reading FO Exclusive: Xi Jinping’s Military Purge Signals Rising Paranoia in China
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      Why Coffee Is Becoming Southeast Asia’s Quiet Foreign Policy Tool

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      Coffee rarely announces itself as foreign policy. Across Southeast Asia, nations are turning it into a quiet, aromatic instrument of power, trust and survival in a region where supply chains, rather than slogans, increasingly shape geopolitics. From the volcanic soils of Indonesia to Vietnam’s Central Highlands, coffee now sits at the intersection of economics, climate… Continue reading Why Coffee Is Becoming Southeast Asia’s Quiet Foreign Policy Tool
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      The Smart Intervention: Military Asymmetry and the Collapse of the Iranian Islamic Regime

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      The Islamic Republic of Iran has entered a terminal phase of governance. January 2026 marked an irrevocable geopolitical shift, defined by the regime’s systemic disintegration following the “12-Day War” of June 2025. The annihilation of its nuclear infrastructure and a hyperinflationary economic collapse have pushed the clerical establishment beyond the point of recovery. Unlike the… Continue reading The Smart Intervention: Military Asymmetry and the Collapse of the Iranian Islamic Regime
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      FO Exclusive: Global Lightning Roundup of January 2026

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      Editor-in-Chief Atul Singh and FOI Senior Partner Glenn Carle, a retired CIA officer who now advises companies, governments and organizations on geopolitical risk, survey a turbulent opening to 2026 marked by accelerating geopolitical fragmentation and mounting institutional strain. From trade diplomacy and military posturing to domestic unrest and market volatility, January offered an early snapshot… Continue reading FO Exclusive: Global Lightning Roundup of January 2026
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      A Specter Is Haunting the Media — the Specter of Reza Pahlavi

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      Due to the longstanding tensions under the Iranian regime, as well as the unresolved consequences of the Jin, Jiyan, Azadi uprising, widespread protests have once again erupted in the country. These protests can be attributed to real sociopolitical, economic, ethnonational and gender-based pressures. During the demonstrations, a concurrent war of narratives over political meanings, leadership… Continue reading A Specter Is Haunting the Media — the Specter of Reza Pahlavi
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      The US Legal System is Being Hacked

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      Once you understand algorithms, the US legal system starts to make more sense. Or maybe nonsense. In the neutral algorithmic terms of information flow and security, the US court system is being “hacked.” In a wide algorithmic sense, “hacking” is when a functioning system acts non-functional as a result of inputs going to the wrong… Continue reading The US Legal System is Being Hacked
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