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		<title>China Shock 2.0 Redefines a Parallel Global Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For decades, the global economy has been viewed through a lens of inevitable Western primacy, where emerging powers were expected to follow a well-worn path of low-end manufacturing before eventually hitting a middle-income trap. The conventional wisdom suggested that as a nation’s economy matured, its state-led industrial engines would sputter, and its growth would stall [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Beyond the ‘Don-roe Doctrine’ &#8211; A Multilateral Future for the Arctic</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 19:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The international order, already frayed by years of shifting alliances and economic nationalism, appears to have reached a definitive breaking point in the opening days of 2026. While the world was still processing the sudden and dramatic American military intervention in Venezuela, the focus of the White House has pivoted with startling speed toward the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Caracas Snatch: Why Sovereign Immunity Just Expired</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For nearly four centuries, the global order has rested on the foundation of Westphalian sovereignty: the idea that a state has exclusive authority over its territory and that a head of state is shielded from the jurisdiction of foreign courts. Over the weekend, that principle was not merely challenged; it was dismantled. The capture of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Central Europe’s Opportunity in Lagarde’s Wake-Up Call </title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/central-europes-opportunity-in-lagardes-wake-up-call/84800/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2025 20:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a Frankfurt hall on November 21, as Christine Lagarde delivered her keynote at the European Banking Congress, something remarkable happened &#8211; or rather, something remarkably quiet. The room, filled with bankers, policymakers, and economists, fell almost silent when the ECB president laid out the stark reality of Europe’s self-inflicted wounds. Internal barriers within the single market, she revealed, act [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The New Nuclear Brink</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 21:23:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Six days after President Donald Trump instructed the Pentagon and the Department of Energy to “restart the process” of nuclear weapons testing, Vladimir Putin convened his Security Council in the Kremlin and issued a familiar but chilling directive. Russia, he said, must draft formal proposals to resume nuclear weapons testing for the first time in more than three [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Pentagon’s AI Gamble Could Rewrite the Rules of War</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 12:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In August 2021, a U.S. drone strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians &#8211; seven of them children &#8211; due to flawed data, a grim reminder of human error in war. Now, imagine that tragedy amplified by machines stripped of human judgment. The Pentagon’s headlong rush into AI-driven warfare &#8211; spanning autonomous drones, algorithmic targeting, and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Berlin Process Is Rewiring the Balkans Through Partnership, Not Power </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Oct 2025 18:34:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In London this week, leaders from Albania, Bosnia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia met with their British and European counterparts for the Berlin Process Summit. It wasn’t a dramatic affair. No sweeping announcements or historic breakthroughs. But in a region where progress often comes slowly, the summit was a quiet reminder that diplomacy, when [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trade, Tension, and the Illusion of Decoupling</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Oct 2025 17:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The world’s two largest economies are once again locked in a familiar dance of brinkmanship. On October 9, China expanded its export controls on rare earth minerals, crucial for everything from electric vehicles to fighter jets, adding five more elements to a list already tightened in April. This move, effective December 1, targets foreign products [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A New Axis in the Middle East: Pakistan and Saudi Arabia Are Redrawing the Maps of Power</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 19:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to miss the quiet symbolism in Riyadh this week. On September 17, amid the opulent hush of Al Yamamah Palace, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan&#8217;s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif put pen to paper on a mutual defense agreement that feels less like a routine diplomatic handshake and more like a [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Brink of Escalation: Russia&#8217;s Drone Incursion into Poland and the Urgent Need for NATO Unity </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tuesday&#8217;s events in Eastern Europe should make every leader in the West pause. For the first time since Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine began, a NATO member, Poland, shot down Russian drones that had strayed deep into its airspace during an overnight assault on Ukraine. This was no minor border glitch. Polish authorities tracked 19 separate [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can Ukraine Vote While Bombs Fall?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Ukraine’s war enters its fourth year, with Russian forces grinding forward in the east and diplomatic talks stalled, a quieter crisis is brewing at home. Public frustration is mounting &#8211; not just over the bombardments, but over the stagnation in governance. Protests erupted in July against efforts to weaken anti-corruption bodies, forcing President Volodymyr [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump’s Anchorage Flop and the Risks of a False Peace</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By his own admission, it was a failure. In a surprisingly frank Oval Office interview, Trump conceded that his high-profile attempt &#8211; Anchorage summit with Vladimir Putin &#8211; to secure a Ukraine ceasefire “achieved nothing.” He said he thought he had it “done,” but now expects Ukraine and Russia to “keep fighting… stupidly, keep fighting.” [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When America Blinks: The Cost of Trump’s Deal-Making</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/when-america-blinks-the-cost-of-trumps-deal-making/77829/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2025 18:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the shadow of Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin with the kind of pomp usually reserved for allies. The red carpet, the warm handshake, the absence of Ukrainian representation &#8211; all signaled a seismic shift in the choreography of global diplomacy. For Putin, it was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Anchorage Echoes: Containment&#8217;s Collapse and the New Cold Peace</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/anchorage-echoes-containments-collapse-and-the-new-cold-peace/77663/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 12:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the crisp air of Anchorage, Alaska, two leaders whose fates have long been intertwined met once again: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. This summit on August 15, 2025, billed as a bold attempt to broker peace in Ukraine, unfolded against a backdrop of escalating global tensions. Yet, as the press conferences revealed, it was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>History Repeats: Smoot-Hawley&#8217;s 21st-Century Revival</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/history-repeats-smoot-hawleys-21st-century-revival/77502/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 12:42:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The alarming consequences of President Trump’s tariff agenda, marketed as a bid for patriotic self-reliance but operating in practice as a regressive tax, are becoming unmistakable. His revived tariff crusade, in motion since his January inauguration, has propelled the average US tariff rate to 17.3 percent &#8211; its highest since the protectionist misadventures of 1935, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>One In, One Out: Starmer and Macron Redefine Migration Diplomacy</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/one-in-one-out-starmer-and-macron-redefine-migration-diplomacy/77335/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2025 08:46:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a world awash with political grandstanding, where leaders often prefer the megaphone to the meeting room, Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have struck a different chord. Their July 10, 2025,&#160;migrant deal, unveiled at a Northwood press conference during Macron’s state visit to London, is no headline-grabbing blockbuster. Yet its understated ambition &#8211; a pilot [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Euro Under Siege: Stablecoins and the Erosion of Monetary Control</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-euro-under-siege-stablecoins-and-the-erosion-of-monetary-control/77064/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 18:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Imagine a world where the U.S. dollar, already the lifeblood of global finance, morphs into a digital juggernaut, coursing through blockchain veins to tighten America’s grip on the world’s capital. This isn’t science fiction &#8211; it’s happening now, with stablecoins, those dollar-pegged crypto tokens, reshaping the financial landscape. As Jürgen Schaaf, an advisor to the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>When Satellites Fail: Ukraine&#8217;s Vulnerability in a Corporate-Controlled War</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/when-satellites-fail-ukraines-vulnerability-in-a-corporate-controlled-war/76899/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On July 24, 2025, a 2.5-hour global outage of Starlink, Elon Musk’s satellite network, disrupted Ukraine’s military operations, exposing a troubling reality: the infrastructure underpinning modern warfare is increasingly controlled by private corporations. For Ukraine, reliant on Starlink’s 50,000-plus terminals for real-time battlefield communication, drone coordination, and surveillance since Russia’s 2022 invasion, the blackout was [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From Retaliation to Resilience: The Global South&#8217;s Economic Pivot</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/from-retaliation-to-resilience-the-global-souths-economic-pivot/76435/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 14:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s hard to decide what’s more surreal: that the United States is threatening 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports in the name of “reciprocity,” or that global markets &#8211; once jittery at the mere whisper of Trumpian trade tantrums &#8211; are now brushing off these ultimatums with a shrug and record-breaking rallies. In a letter campaign [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Steady, Not Slow: How China&#8217;s Economy is Rewiring for Resilience</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/steady-not-slow-how-chinas-economy-is-rewiring-for-resilience/76034/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It’s easy to miss the quiet revolutions. The ones that unfold not with fireworks or fanfare, but with steady hands steering through the storm. As the first half of 2025 closes, China offers one such narrative—a counterpoint to the economic tremors and geopolitical ricochets that have unsettled much of the world. With year-on-year GDP growth [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Boiling Point: Why the Heatwave Is a Moral Emergency</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/boiling-point-why-the-heatwave-is-a-moral-emergency/75781/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Europe is melting, and not in the romantic, summer-in-Provence kind of way. Rome just touched 46 degrees Celsius &#8211; about 115 for those of us still clinging to Fahrenheit. Paris is shuttering schools. Spain’s power grid is wheezing under the weight of millions trying to cool down. We’re supposed to be the enlightened, forward-thinking, techno-wizard [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NATO&#8217;s Identity Crisis in The Hague</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/natos-identity-crisis-in-the-hague/74986/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 13:19:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When the NATO summit convenes in The Hague on June 24–25, it will do so in the long shadow of bunker-buster bombs dropped on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the shortened shadow of U.S. strategic patience. In a gathering already marked by fissures over defense spending, alliance credibility, and war fatigue, Washington’s sudden escalation in the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The London Consensus: Are the U.S. and China Opting for Pragmatism?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-london-consensus-are-the-u-s-and-china-opting-for-pragmatism/74382/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2025 11:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For all the noisy saber-rattling that has characterized Washington’s approach to Beijing in recent years &#8211; tariff tantrums, tech blockades, and rhetorical overkill &#8211; the recent economic and trade consultation between the two superpowers in London offered a modest, but necessary, corrective. The talks were not couched in triumphalist slogans or vague promises. Instead, they represented something more meaningful: the reassertion [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trumpism Without Borders: What Poland’s Election Reveals About Europe</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/trumpism-without-borders-what-polands-election-reveals-about-europe/74299/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 21:43:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By all appearances, Karol Nawrocki’s wafer-thin victory in Poland’s presidential election does not merely reflect the political schisms of one post-communist state. It is symptomatic of a deeper and more dangerous tide &#8211; the renewed surge of illiberal populism across Europe, echoing the nationalist impulses of Donald Trump’s America. To call Nawrocki “Poland’s Trump” might [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>China&#8217;s Soft Power Pivot: IOMed and the Future of Dispute Resolution</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/chinas-soft-power-pivot-iomed-and-the-future-of-dispute-resolution/74116/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:51:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an international climate marred by deepening fissures and geopolitical fault lines, the idea of resolving disputes through dialogue rather than domination has come to sound almost quaint. Yet on May 30 in Hong Kong, a gathering of 400 dignitaries from 85 countries and nearly 20 international organizations quietly ushered in what could prove to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brokering Illusions: Trump, Putin, and a Frozen Conflict</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/brokering-illusions-trump-putin-and-a-frozen-conflict/73929/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2025 12:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When diplomacy mimics theatre and the war drums continue to thunder in the background, it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish sincerity from performance. The second round of direct talks between Russia and Ukraine, scheduled for Istanbul next Monday, may look like a flicker of hope &#8211; but there is reason to be skeptical about whether [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pragmatism over Posturing: Germany&#8217;s China Policy Under Merz</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/pragmatism-over-posturing-germanys-china-policy-under-merz/73041/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2025 11:22:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Friedrich Merz’s ascent to the German chancellorship marks a significant political transition at a moment of extraordinary global flux. As Berlin recalibrates its foreign policy compass, one of the most consequential decisions facing Merz is how to navigate the nation’s relationship with China &#8211; a strategic partner, economic powerhouse, and geopolitical puzzle rolled into one. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Dollar Hegemony Meets the Forge of Reindustrialization</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/dollar-hegemony-meets-the-forge-of-reindustrialization/72854/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2025 08:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is a curious irony at the heart of America’s current economic strategy &#8211; one that even its most ardent policymakers prefer not to acknowledge. As Washington dreams of restoring its manufacturing base, rekindling the furnace of industrial productivity in the Rust Belt and beyond, it may be unwittingly dismantling the very architecture that underpins [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The IMF’s Epitaph for the Descending Economic Uncertainty</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-imfs-epitaph-for-the-descending-economic-uncertainty/72749/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 May 2025 18:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For decades, the international trading system has functioned, however imperfectly, as the backbone of global economic integration. Built on a foundation of American leadership and multilateral cooperation, it helped fuel a remarkable era of growth and development. But today, that system is under mounting strain. A wave of new tariffs, initiated by President Trump, is reshaping the landscape of global [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>George Simion Convert Dissent into Power?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/george-simion-convert-dissent-into-power/72500/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2025 08:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In an era of mounting European anxiety over the populist wave, Romania has now joined the fray with a vengeance. The commanding first-round victory of George Simion &#8211; the 38-year-old leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) &#8211; underscores not just a rejection of the political status quo, but a deeper [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>From Water to War: India and Pakistan&#8217;s Escalation Demands Global Alarm</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/from-water-to-war-india-and-pakistans-escalation-demands-global-alarm/72256/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once again, India and Pakistan are veering toward a dangerous precipice. This time triggered not by border skirmishes or dogfights in contested skies but by an act of terror in the fraught region of Kashmir. The recent attack in Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 Indian tourists, has ignited a familiar chain of events: [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Varoufakis warns Europe loses in trade war</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/varoufakis-warns-europe-loses-in-trade-war/72102/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2025 14:10:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a world already defined by deep fragmentation and strategic distrust, the Trump administration’s latest foray into aggressive protectionism threatens to trigger consequences that are graver than they first appear. As former Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned recently, the real loser in the widening tariff war is not China but the European Union &#8211; and, by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Strategic Amnesia: How Trump&#8217;s Tariffs Dismantled U.S. Trade Credibility</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/strategic-amnesia-how-trumps-tariffs-dismantled-u-s-trade-credibility/71976/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2025 12:33:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump’s erratic dance with tariffs continues to confound not just global markets but even his team. On April 22, in a move that underscored the White House’s habitual policy incoherence, Trump declared that the “very high” tariffs on Chinese goods would soon be “substantially reduced.” This comes after days of raising them dramatically [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>London hosts talks as Sudan teeters toward complete collapse</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/london-hosts-talks-as-sudan-teeters-toward-complete-collapse/71418/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 16:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On April 15, as Sudan marks two years of unrelenting war, Britain will co-host &#8211; along with Germany and France &#8211;  a high-level conference at Lancaster House in London, bringing together foreign ministers from nearly 20 countries and international organizations. The goal: to forge a unified front capable of nudging Sudan’s warring generals toward a ceasefire, or at the very least, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Economic nationalism unleashed: The fallout of Trump&#8217;s tariff offensive</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/economic-nationalism-unleashed-the-fallout-of-trumps-tariff-offensive/71363/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump’s latest economic fusillade against China &#8211; a staggering up to 145% tariff on Chinese imports, paired with a temporary 90-day reprieve for other trading partners &#8211; is less a coherent strategy than a theatrical flourish. The move, announced with typical bluster, appears calibrated for domestic political consumption: a show of strength against Beijing while offering superficial [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump’s “Liberation Day” Tariffs Send A Shockwave Through Global Trade</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/trumps-liberation-day-tariffs-send-a-shockwave-through-global-trade/70817/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 19:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump’s declaration of April 2, 2025, as “Liberation Day” marked a seismic shift in U.S. trade policy, with the imposition of sweeping reciprocal tariffs that have sent shockwaves through the global economy. The new measures include a universal 10% tariff on all imports, with punitive rates as high as 54% for China, 46% [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Coalition of the Willing: A Bold Vision or a Fractured Dream?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/the-coalition-of-the-willing-a-bold-vision-or-a-fractured-dream/70715/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 12:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Élysée Palace witnessed an extraordinary diplomatic event on March 27 as Emmanuel Macron attempted what no European leader has achieved since the Cold War &#8211; forging a truly independent European security policy. The French president&#8217;s ambitious plan to create a European peacekeeping force for Ukraine represents both a bold strategic vision and a tacit [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>EU left in limbo as Šefčovič fails to sway the U.S.</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/eu-left-in-limbo-as-sefcovic-fails-to-sway-the-u-s/70520/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 10:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As expected, the recent efforts of European Union Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič to dissuade the United States from imposing steep tariffs on EU goods have failed to yield a definitive breakthrough. Despite engaging in extensive discussions with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, and top White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>China&#8217;s academic rise reshapes global scientific research hierarchy</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/chinas-academic-rise-reshapes-global-scientific-research-hierarchy/70235/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2025 08:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a quiet revolution that few could have predicted a decade ago, China has steadily redefined the global hierarchy of academic research, emerging as the preeminent powerhouse in high-quality scientific output. The latest Nature Index rankings, covering the period from December 1, 2023, to November 30, 2024, unearths an undeniable truth: China’s academic institutions have [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Putin’s power play: Is he winning the game?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/putins-power-play-is-he-winning-the-game/70054/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has always prided himself on his deal-making prowess. But his latest attempt to broker peace in Ukraine, via a phone call with Vladimir Putin, only highlights how adept the Russian president is at playing the long game &#8211; and playing Trump. The call, which was meant to be a step toward de-escalation, became yet another showcase [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump’s trade war is backfiring on American consumers</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/trumps-trade-war-is-backfiring-on-american-consumers/69806/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 11:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A range of economic indicators suggests that the executive orders imposing tariffs since Donald Trump took office are not showing any signs of achieving their intended goals of protecting American enterprises and stimulating economic growth. Instead, these policies have led to increased prices across nearly all categories of goods. From household appliances and everyday necessities [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ukraine&#8217;s ceasefire: A turning point or temporary pause?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/ukraines-ceasefire-a-turning-point-or-temporary-pause/69606/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:17:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The war in Ukraine may finally be approaching a pivotal moment. Following marathon negotiations in Saudi Arabia, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Ukraine had agreed to a 30-day ceasefire and was &#8220;ready to start talking and stop shooting.&#8221; The focus now shifts to Russia, which launched its full-scale invasion three years ago. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump&#8217;s tariffs spark investor panic on Wall Street</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/trumps-tariffs-spark-investor-panic-on-wall-street/69527/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2025 10:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The meltdown on Wall Street on March 10 sent shockwaves through the financial world, with US stocks plunging, Bitcoin tumbling, and investor confidence evaporating at a staggering pace. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled 890 points, or 2.08%, recovering slightly from an earlier loss of more than 1,100 points. The S&#38;P 500 suffered a 2.7% [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Ukraine’s dilemma &#8211; Surviving in Trump’s zero-sum world</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/ukraines-dilemma-surviving-in-trumps-zero-sum-world/69181/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When Volodymyr Zelenskyy penned his letter to Donald Trump, he wasn’t merely addressing to the President of the United States,  he was appealing to a man who views international diplomacy as a high-stakes real estate negotiation, where leverage, not principle, dictates the terms. Zelenskyy’s softened tone is not just a nod to reality &#8211; it is an invitation for [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Germany&#8217;s election delivers a blow to Centrism and a warning to the Left</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/germanys-election-delivers-a-blow-to-centrism-and-a-warning-to-the-left/68861/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2025 11:11:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recent election in Germany has created a political earthquake and has left behind a fragmented society which can&#160; serve as both a positive and a negative example for the Western left. The result is disastrous for the&#160; Ampel coalition led by Olaf Scholz. The Free Democratic Party (FDP), once&#160; again a part of German [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>China&#8217;s two sessions will set the economic tone for 2025</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/chinas-two-sessions-will-set-the-economic-tone-for-2025/68759/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2025 10:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[China’s political calendar is again focusing on one of the most anticipated events of the year, the  Two Sessions. To be held from March 5, these annual meetings of the National People’s Congress  (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) are a chance to see where the country is heading strategically. With Beijing [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>London Summit tests Western unity after the Oval Office firestorm</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/london-summit-tests-western-unity-after-the-oval-office-firestorm/68693/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 05:57:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It was meant to be a moment of reassurance, a diplomatic bridge toward peace. Instead, the world witnessed one of the most acrimonious exchanges in recent Oval Office history. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump ended not in consensus but in confrontation, exposing deep fissures in Western unity while emboldening Russian [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keir Starmer’s White House Dilemma: Engage, Resist, or Adapt?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/keir-starmers-white-house-dilemma-engage-resist-or-adapt/68460/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Feb 2025 11:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Keir Starmer prepares to enter the Trump White House for the first time as British prime minister, he faces a intimidating challenge: how to engage with an American president who has upended transatlantic relations and cast doubt on NATO’s future. The meeting will test Starmer’s diplomatic dexterity, forcing him to tackle a political minefield [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Will Trump&#8217;s policies push the EU to adopt China as a strategic partner?</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/will-trumps-policies-push-the-eu-to-adopt-china-as-a-strategic-partner/68281/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not surprisingly, with growing concerns over the widening rift between the United States and NATO, the most debated topic at the Munich Security Conference was who will now lead in Europe. Some suggested that Germany should assume a stronger leadership role, while others lamented Britain’s departure from the European Union. But one of the more [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Geopolitical tensions rise as Zelensky is ignored by Trump</title>
		<link>https://brusselsmorning.com/geopolitical-tensions-rise-as-zelensky-is-ignored-by-trump/67956/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dr. Imran Khalid]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 11:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a move that has sent ripples through the global geopolitical landscape, the recent Riyadh talks between Moscow and Washington have sparked widespread controversy. The exclusion of Ukraine from discussions about its own future and the acidic rhetoric from US President Donald Trump against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have left many questioning the motivations behind [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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