Tonga travel guide: A quiet South Pacific escape for winter sun
With her long, black Polynesian locks and creamy brown skin, Tonga’s beauty queen looks like Moana. I have…
Amid climate change, students envision a future Harpswell
As climate change continues to impact Harpswell’s coast, a group of students has proposed creative solutions aimed at…
How Shock, Timing, and Industrial Strategy Are Rewriting the LNG Era
The global LNG market is no longer shaped by familiar cycles of tightness and surplus. It is now…
After Hormuz: Winners, Losers, and the Return of Energy Geopolitics
The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not merely another oil shock. It is a…
Hawke’s Bay tramper highlights locator beacons’ importance after being saved by rescue chopper
In early 2026, the helicopter had been called to four tramping or hunting-related missions in the past two…
The Invoiced Alliance: Transactional Power and the NATO Guarantee
There is a pattern in how Donald Trump approaches alliances, and it has been consistent since the opening…
Between the IMF’s Hammer and the EU’s Green Wall: The Neocolonial Scandal Behind Africa’s Poverty
Since the debt crisis hit developing countries in the 1980s, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank…
A Rebuttal: Why the BRAVE Burma Act Is Exactly What Washington and Brussels Need
This article is a rebuttal to “Beyond the BRAVE Burma Act: US Myanmar Policy at a Crossroads,” published…
New beginnings: Moldova withdraws from the CIS
The Republic of Moldova announced in early March that the process to withdraw from the Commonwealth of Independent…
European countries on alert after blasts near a Belgian synagogue and outside U.S. Embassy in Oslo
BRUSSELS — Belgian Interior Minister Bernard Quintin said Monday that an explosion near a synagogue in the eastern city of…
Donbasization as Doctrine: The Fragmentation of the European Security Order
Authors: Zlatko Hadžidedić and Senadin Lavić* Following the early 1990s argument of the so-called compensation theory—that Kosovo can…
Donald Trump slams Keir Starmer as ‘no Churchill’ over Iran, why? – The Front Page
Luxon suggested it would, but returned to the House that evening to walk back the answer. It’s the…