Dr. Imran Khalid
Anchorage Echoes: Containment’s Collapse and the New Cold Peace
In the crisp air of Anchorage, Alaska, two leaders whose fates have long been intertwined met once again:…
History Repeats: Smoot-Hawley’s 21st-Century Revival
The alarming consequences of President Trump’s tariff agenda, marketed as a bid for patriotic self-reliance but operating in…
One In, One Out: Starmer and Macron Redefine Migration Diplomacy
In a world awash with political grandstanding, where leaders often prefer the megaphone to the meeting room, Keir…
The Euro Under Siege: Stablecoins and the Erosion of Monetary Control
Imagine a world where the U.S. dollar, already the lifeblood of global finance, morphs into a digital juggernaut,…
When Satellites Fail: Ukraine’s Vulnerability in a Corporate-Controlled War
On July 24, 2025, a 2.5-hour global outage of Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite network, disrupted Ukraine’s military operations,…
From Retaliation to Resilience: The Global South’s Economic Pivot
It’s hard to decide what’s more surreal: that the United States is threatening 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports…
Steady, Not Slow: How China’s Economy is Rewiring for Resilience
It’s easy to miss the quiet revolutions. The ones that unfold not with fireworks or fanfare, but with…
Boiling Point: Why the Heatwave Is a Moral Emergency
Europe is melting, and not in the romantic, summer-in-Provence kind of way. Rome just touched 46 degrees Celsius…
NATO’s Identity Crisis in The Hague
When the NATO summit convenes in The Hague on June 24–25, it will do so in the long…
The London Consensus: Are the U.S. and China Opting for Pragmatism?
For all the noisy saber-rattling that has characterized Washington’s approach to Beijing in recent years - tariff tantrums, tech blockades,…
Trumpism Without Borders: What Poland’s Election Reveals About Europe
By all appearances, Karol Nawrocki’s wafer-thin victory in Poland’s presidential election does not merely reflect the political schisms…
China’s Soft Power Pivot: IOMed and the Future of Dispute Resolution
In an international climate marred by deepening fissures and geopolitical fault lines, the idea of resolving disputes through…
Brokering Illusions: Trump, Putin, and a Frozen Conflict
When diplomacy mimics theatre and the war drums continue to thunder in the background, it becomes increasingly difficult…
Pragmatism over Posturing: Germany’s China Policy Under Merz
Friedrich Merz’s ascent to the German chancellorship marks a significant political transition at a moment of extraordinary global…
Dollar Hegemony Meets the Forge of Reindustrialization
There is a curious irony at the heart of America’s current economic strategy - one that even its…