🌏 The SCO at 25: Rifts, Rivalries—and Why This Non-Western Super-Group Still Matters
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation has turned 25—and what an unusual geopolitical club it has become. China, Russia, India, Pakistan, Iran and other Eurasian powers frequently disagree, yet continue showing up. The SCO isn't an Eastern NATO. Its importance may instead lie in something subtler: giving enormous non-Western powers a table of their own.
☀️ Europe's Climate Stress Test: Why the World's Fastest-Warming Continent Is Paying a $638 Billion Price
Europe has become Earth's fastest-warming continent, with temperatures roughly 2.5°C above pre-industrial levels. From historic wildfires and deadly heatwaves to a projected $638 billion economic cost by 2030, climate change is no longer tomorrow's problem—it's today's balance sheet.