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Biden against Xi, 1:1
The heavy Red Flag, a Chinese presidential armored limo, drove slowly on the gravel driveway towards the entrance of the early 20th century Filoli Historic House. A villa with 56 rooms and 16 acres of
Geopolitics
The Biggest Geopolitical Game Ever
What impressed me the most about the 2022 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony in Beijing was the image of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. The first images of the Russian president showed him dozing off, his head
Geopolitics
Pakistan. Europe. Is Biden Sidelining Traditional Allies?
The world was shocked when the Taliban seized control over Afghanistan almost immediately after the Americans retreated. And yet, it’s been inevitable, perhaps even before the Americans decided to set foot in the country that
Geopolitics
The Book Trump Will Never Read
When Kim Jong Un came out in the open, analysts, spies and all kind of experts were running through the footage, sound bits, testimonies, intelligence reports and open source information collected during the few hours
Geopolitics
Is the World Spinning Again?
Is the world changing for the better? Watching the most recent events, one cannot but note that the escalations of hostilities between countries that we used to call superpowers–now bizarrely in the hands of inconsistent
Geopolitics
China’s Great Game
Sometimes history plays like a strange game. According to a once-respected voice of Karl Marx, history can only repeat itself as a farce. I wrote this piece because of that very possibility: that the sheer
Geopolitics
North Korea and American Irrationale
In May 1999, I visited North Korea. I was based in Beijing as a correspondent for a Slovenian newspaper and it was impossible not to visit the country that had aroused so many questions and
Defense
The NATO That Never Was
On April 6, 1992, the European Union (then called European Community) recognized the independence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the former republics of Federal Yugoslavia. The young independent republic was one of the last
North Korea
Kim is no Gaddafi
“We are sending an armada, very powerful,” he said. “We have submarines, very powerful, far more powerful than the aircraft carrier. That much I can tell you,” he said. And we have the best military
Geopolitics
The World Upside Down
Somehow, for most of my life, I always looked west. I have no idea whether I preferred sunset to sunrise or, young and naive, I felt there was a dark, intimate magic in the dusk.
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