Key Takeaways: Ursula von der Leyen praised Spain’s handling of the 60,000 migrant arrivals in Ceuta, saying Spanish and Moroccan authorities efficiently prevented further illegal movement into mainland Europe. She used the incident to call for stronger EU border controls, including physical barriers, better monitoring, early warning systems, dismantling smuggling …

To “secure its national interests”, America went to war multiple times over the past several decades, yet all of the wars ended in stunning failures with wide ranging implications for the countries involved. It is said that national interests triumph over every other consideration in the realm of foreign policy. …

Key Takeaways: Houthi attacks and growing instability in the Horn of Africa—particularly the merging of Sudan’s civil war with Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions and Somalia’s internal disputes—are creating new threats to Red Sea navigation and energy flows through Bab el-Mandeb.Competing Middle Eastern powers (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Egypt, Turkey, and Israel) are fueling …