The dynamics of contemporary international relations operate through underground fractures that escape the official narrative of major multilateral bodies, revealing the structural fragility of a Western order now worn down by its own internal and economic contradictions. The geopolitical architecture built around the liberal dogma and rules-based multilateralism is showing deep cracks today, squeezed between internal social polarization within advanced democracies—symbolized by the economic...

While the European Union focuses efforts and capital on the quantitative increase of production volumes through community programs such as ASAP, EDIS, and EDIP to reach the goal of over two million 155 mm rounds per year, the war supply chain supporting Kyiv proves dramatically exposed in terms of physical and structural security. Over the course of just three days, between August 10 and August 13, 2026, two catastrophic explosions hit vital logistic nodes: first, the depot of Bulgaria's EMCO...

Preface While global attention remains fixated on oil fluctuations and traditional conflict theaters, Beijing and Tehran are redefining the geoeconomic coordinates of the 21st century through the control of rare earth elements. These resources, fundamental for dual-use technology and advanced defense systems, represent a crucial strategic lever over which China holds near-absolute production dominance. Although Iran possesses significant underground reserves, it suffers from a critical...