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Significant elections and changes in governments since February 1998. Last updated May 25, 2026.
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Has the Canada-US Strategic Split Become Irreversible?
And what does that mean for the next era of strategic alliances? A new NATO? A new period of diminished cooperation between the US and Mexico, the US and European NATO, and so on?
Has Türkiye Finally Been Forced Off the Fence? And for How Long?
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The Next Strategic Advantage: the Restoration of Literacy
Perhaps the “experiment” in universal, forced literacy, has been a failure, an historical blip. Literacy is in retreat because of technology and because inquiring minds challenge leadership patterns. Yet intellectual capacity— signified by literacy— determines strategic success. What is to be done?