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Kainat Farooq

Kainat Farooq

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The Race for Critical Minerals And The Future of Global Power

The Race for Critical Minerals And The Future of Global Power

Power dynamics during the greater part of the previous century were rather predictable; whoever owned oil ruled the planet. Countries were fighting...

26.06.2026 100

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Kainat Farooq

Sanctions as Foreign Policy: Do They Work, and Who Bears the Cost?

Every time a major international crisis erupts, the announcement follows within days, sometimes hours. A press conference. A podium. A row of flags....

16.06.2026 20

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Kainat Farooq

Weaponized Migration: How Borders Became Tools of Hybrid Warfare

While the world is keeping its eyes on Ukraine, monitoring tensions in the South China Sea, and discussing the future of NATO, something else is...

15.06.2026 40

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Russia in the Sahel and the Question of Strategic Irreplaceability

There is a pattern in the Sahel that does not fit clearly into either a success or failure story for Russia. Security has gotten worse since Moscow...

22.05.2026 20

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Kainat farooq