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Dan Steinbock on the Multipolar World

West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid

The West Bank’s Ultra-Apartheid (and the Collusive International Silence)

By Dan Steinbock Gaza showed the genocidal face of Israel’s expulsive strategy. In the West Bank, the same objective is realized with incremental escalation. The...
Strategic Alert, map of the Strait of Hormuz featuring a large red warning icon.

The Hormuz Catastrophe: The Netanyahu and Trump Administrations Knew the Risks—and Escalated Anyway

By Dan Steinbock              The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has produced precisely the kind of strategic blowback that earlier Israeli and American war-gaming had warned...

The Philippines’ Security Trap

By Dan Steinbock              The recent school shootings are a tip of an iceberg of a vast private-security industry, Filipinos recruited into foreign wars, expanding...
Blood sample for Ebola virus test to identify viral hemorrhagic fever.

The Ebola Escalation is a Global Health Emergency

By Dan Steinbock              After three months, the Ebola crisis in Central Africa has crossed a critical regional threshold. Concurrently, it reflects the emerging US/China...
US-EU Partnership is Fracturing

How the US-EU Partnership is Fracturing

By Dan Steinbock              For China and the Global South, US-EU tensions are part of a broader struggle over selective globalization. The US increasingly prioritizes technological...
Bipartisan Consensus on US-Israel

The Collapse of the Bipartisan Consensus Over US-Israel Ties

By Dan Steinbock After the Gaza genocide, bipartisan consensus over US-Israel ties is crumbling. As legal debate is expanding, the political foundation of unconditional U.S....
Global uncertainty

Renewed Gulf Hostilities, Elevated Regional and Global Uncertainty

By Dan Steinbock Renewed U.S.-Iran hostilities and Israel's continuing military campaigns reflect rising risks of a wider Middle East conflict and elevated energy and food...
Philippines economy

Philippines’ Economic Upgrade amid Economic Fall – Why?

By Dan Steinbock As the World Bank classified the Philippines among upper-middle-income economies, the country's realized foreign investment net flows are plummeting while growth has...
Gaza children

Obliterating Gaza’s Children: The Damning UN Report

By Dan Steinbock              From Gaza and beyond, Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children. It is the topic of a...

PH Government Losing the Narrative – An International Perspective

By Dan Steinbock The real test of 2026 is not whether the government can control the Senate or outmaneuver its rivals. The issue is no...

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China economic growth

China’s Challenging Search for a New Model of Economic Growth

By Danny Leipziger China cannot continue to rely on exports to drive its growth, but what are the alternatives? China ran a $1.2 trillion trade surplus last year, and despite admonitions from the IMF to rely...

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