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Sign reading “Help Secure Our Borders” with a toll-free number for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, standing on green grass at the Pigeon River boat launch south of the Canadian border.

Democracy and citizenship

Trump 2.0’s year one: reshaping US legal immigration

By Eric Sigmon, Rut Bermejo Casado

04 Mar 2026 //

25 mins Reading time

Low-angle view of the 32 flags of NATO member countries flying in a circle. In the background, a NATO flag can be seen, and further behind, the glass building of its headquarters in Brussels.

International Security

The new US policy forcing Europe into greater self-reliance in defence: accepting imperfection but not failure

By Robert Pszczel

13 Feb 2026 //

22 mins Reading time

Bilateral meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping (30/10/2025) at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea. On the left, representatives of the Chinese administration, led by Xi Jinping; and on the right, the US administration, led by Trump, look towards the camera taking the photograph. In the background, three US flags and three Chinese flags are displayed side by side.

China, the US and the new world order

Washington has lost its way

By Miguel Otero Iglesias

06 Feb 2026 //

15 mins Reading time

ICE Special Response Team at a briefing prior to an arrest in Rhode Island. In the foreground, part of one of the members' uniforms with the ICE - Special Response Team insignia. Behind, several members of the team in military uniforms gathered around a table with a dossier on top containing a blurred photo of the person they are going to arrest.

Democracy and citizenship

‘ICE is not welcome’: urban raids, capacity and the politics of US immigration enforcement

By Rut Bermejo Casado

04 Feb 2026 //

10 mins Reading time

Latin America

The Maduro operation: five insights on power and international relations

By Ernesto Talvi

26 Jan 2026 //

16 mins Reading time

El Palito oil refinery in Puerto Cabello (Carabobo State, Venezuela). The image shows multiple oil distillation towers, furnaces and many interconnected piping systems for processing. In the background, the sky is clear with a few clouds.

Climate and energy

Venezuela’s oil: evolution, scenarios and international repercussions

By Gonzalo Escribano

22 Jan 2026 //

24 mins Reading time

A motherboard, in the centre of the image, is surrounded by lights of different colours: blue, orange and yellow. Around it, an abstract circuit of black boards and blue and orange lights connect to each other.

Technology and economics

Pax Silica: alliances, frontier and markets in the geopolitics of the chip

By Darío García de Viedma

14 Jan 2026 //

20 mins Reading time

Main entrance to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) building in Washington, D.C., with the sign covered by a black tarpaulin following its closure.

China, the US and the new world order

America adrift: Trump, DOGE and the sweeping cuts to US foreign assistance and the diplomatic corps

By Eric Sigmon

29 Dec 2025 //

18 mins Reading time

The flags of the United States and Venezuela flying in a clear sky. In the foreground, the flag of the United States, and in the background, the flag of Venezuela, fly above the flagpoles against a clear sky with a few clouds.

Latin America

Venezuela and Trump

By Carlota García Encina, Carlos Malamud

04 Dec 2025 //

21 mins Reading time

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