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🇪🇺 Europe can fine Silicon Valley, regulate artificial intelligence, and export its digital standards globally. However,...
09/09/2026

🇪🇺 Europe can fine Silicon Valley, regulate artificial intelligence, and export its digital standards globally. However, much of its technological future still relies on systems developed and managed abroad.

⚖️ This contradiction lies at the heart of Europe’s emerging techopolar dilemma.

In his latest analysis, Senior Fellow Miro Popkhadze explores Europe’s increasing reliance on American cloud infrastructure, AI innovation, and semiconductor design, as well as Chinese platforms, telecommunications hardware, and key supply chains.

💡 Europe’s regulatory power remains strong, but regulation alone will not achieve technological leadership or strategic autonomy. The current challenge is to convert regulatory influence into investment, innovation, infrastructure, and productive capacity.

Can Europe shift from regulating the technological landscape to becoming a leading participant?

🔗 Read the full article:

https://delphigrc.org/research/the-techopolar-dilemma-why-technological-dependence-is-europe-s-ultimate-test

🇬🇪 What happens when an occupied country begins telling its history in the occupier’s language?📜 From the Treaty of Geor...
09/08/2026

🇬🇪 What happens when an occupied country begins telling its history in the occupier’s language?

📜 From the Treaty of Georgievsk to the 2008 war, Georgia’s government is increasingly reframing Russian betrayal and aggression through narratives long promoted by the Kremlin.

🔎 In his latest analysis, Nikoloz Khatiashvili examines how rewriting the past could reshape Georgia’s political future.

Read the full article 👇
https://delphigrc.org/research/when-the-state-rewrites-its-own-history-georgian-dream-s-dangerous-alignment-with-russian-propaganda

Russia’s “August curse” returned without a single defining catastrophe, but with mounting signs of political and economi...
08/31/2026

Russia’s “August curse” returned without a single defining catastrophe, but with mounting signs of political and economic strain.

As the Kremlin prepares for September’s State Duma election, the space for dissent is narrowing. At the same time, drone attacks, fuel shortages, regional budget deficits, and the growing costs of war are testing the state’s capacity to maintain control.

In the August edition of GLAVNOE, Andras Toth-Czifra examines:
🗳️ The exclusion of anti-war candidates
🗺️ Putin’s campaign-focused regional tour
🚨 Pressure on critical infrastructure and logistics
📉 Russia’s deepening federal and regional fiscal problems

Read the full analysis: https://delphigrc.org/research/glavnoe-the-past-month-in-russia-august-2026

Today marks six months since the United States plunged into war with Iran.Six weeks earlier, Delphi Global President Bob...
08/28/2026

Today marks six months since the United States plunged into war with Iran.

Six weeks earlier, Delphi Global President Bob Hamilton published “Swaggering Toward Sicily: American Hubris Under Trump Invites Catastrophe.” While Trump’s threats against Greenland were a primary concern, Hamilton’s warning addressed broader risks beyond any one nation.

Referencing Thucydides and Athens’ failed invasion of Sicily, Hamilton argued that military superiority can create a false sense of security: power may seem to eliminate constraints, make alliances appear unnecessary, and suggest escalation is manageable.

Half a year into the Iran war, Hamilton’s warning has come to life. What began as a display of might has spiraled into strategic overreach, diplomatic solitude, economic turmoil, and a future clouded by uncertainty.

The fate of ancient Athens reminds us that great powers rarely fall from weakness alone; often, their own unchecked confidence paves the way to ruin.

Revisit the original warning: https://delphigrc.org/articles/swaggering-toward-sicily-american-hubris-under-trump-invites-catastrophe

🌊 The Black Sea is becoming a testing ground for how far Moscow can push Romania and NATO.🚨 In six weeks, Russia attacke...
08/27/2026

🌊 The Black Sea is becoming a testing ground for how far Moscow can push Romania and NATO.

🚨 In six weeks, Russia attacked 52 vessels. Two were struck in Romania’s contiguous zone, while Romanian F-16s shot down three Russian drones in three consecutive days.

🎯 George Scutaru argues that these are not isolated incidents, but a deliberate effort to disrupt Ukraine’s exports, probe NATO’s response, and test Romania’s defenses near critical infrastructure such as Neptun Deep.

What could Moscow be planning next?

🔗 Read the full analysis: https://delphigrc.org/research/russia-keeps-escalating-in-the-black-sea-what-is-moscow-plotting-next

📚 This week, our Summer Reading List turns to Balkan Muslims and the Middle East: The Influence of the Arab World on the...
08/24/2026

📚 This week, our Summer Reading List turns to Balkan Muslims and the Middle East: The Influence of the Arab World on the Islamic Revival by Dr. Harun Karcic, Senior Fellow at Delphi Global Research Center. Published in December 2025, the book traces the long and often overlooked relationship between Balkan Muslims and the Middle East, from communist Yugoslavia’s partnerships with Arab countries to the wars of the 1990s and the post-Yugoslav period.

🔎 Drawing on interviews and archival research, Karčić shows how education, diplomacy, business, charities, scholarships, and soft power helped shape religious and political life across the region.

🌍 The book is especially relevant today because foreign influence does not operate through politics alone. It can develop gradually through institutions, ideas, personal networks, and cultural connections.

💬 How do these historical ties continue to shape the Western Balkans today? Share your thoughts below. 👇

🔗 https://delphigrc.org/fellows/harun-karcic
🔗 https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/balkan-muslims-and-the-middle-east-9780755646852/

🇺🇦 As Russian missiles streak across Ukrainian skies, the true story on the ground tells a different tale: Moscow’s vict...
08/21/2026

🇺🇦 As Russian missiles streak across Ukrainian skies, the true story on the ground tells a different tale: Moscow’s victory is far from guaranteed.

📺 Broadcasting live from Kyiv just after another devastating airstrike, Delphi Global Research Center President Bob Hamilton joined PBS NewsHour to capture the conflict’s rapidly changing landscape, from Ukraine’s dwindling Patriot missile reserves to the relentless evolution of modern warfare.

🛡️ Bob emphasized that Ukraine has held the front lines firm, and that for several months in 2026, Russia lost more territory than it gained. He also underscored that the partnership with Ukraine is a genuine exchange, with the United States learning as much from Ukrainian tactics as it shares.

▶️ Watch Bob Hamilton’s full interview with PBS NewsHour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zd-xMPNhSc&t=1099s

📚 This weekend’s read takes us beyond the battlefield and into banks, courtrooms, trading desks, pipelines, and commodit...
08/21/2026

📚 This weekend’s read takes us beyond the battlefield and into banks, courtrooms, trading desks, pipelines, and commodity markets.

Economic War: Ukraine and the Global Conflict Between Russia and the West, written by Maximilian Hess, Senior Fellow at Delphi Global Research Center, examines how Russia and the West have turned finance, energy, trade, and capital markets into instruments of conflict.

Rather than describing another Cold War, the book reveals a global economic conflict whose consequences extend far beyond Russia and Ukraine. Its outcome could shape Western relations not only with Moscow, but also with Beijing.

Winner of the Fletcher U.S.-Russia Relations Book Prize, Economic War offers a powerful framework for understanding how modern conflicts are fought without conventional weapons.

Have you read the book? Share your thoughts below.👇

🔗 Explore the book: https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/economic-war/

🔗 Learn more about Maximilian Hess: https://delphigrc.org/fellows/maximilian-hess

🏗️ China builds. Russia disrupts. Africa is where the difference becomes impossible to ignore.Often treated as a single ...
08/19/2026

🏗️ China builds. Russia disrupts. Africa is where the difference becomes impossible to ignore.

Often treated as a single challenge, Beijing and Moscow pursue fundamentally different strategies: China builds long-term influence through trade, infrastructure, and institutions, while Russia turns insecurity, regime protection, and resource dependence into rapid leverage.

Three Delphi Global reports examine where their interests converge, and where they increasingly collide.

🔗 Explore the series:
1️⃣ Interests, Influence, and Instruments of Power - https://delphigrc.org/research/russia-and-china-in-africa-interests-influence-and-instruments-of-power
2️⃣ Geo-Economics of Russia and China in Africa - https://delphigrc.org/research/geo-economics-of-russia-and-china-in-africa
3️⃣ How Russia and China Approach Security in Africa - https://delphigrc.org/research/shaping-the-security-landscape-how-russia-and-china-approach-the-issue-of-security-in-africa

🇺🇦 Eight emerging Ukrainian leaders. Two weeks in Washington, DC. Six months of learning, mentorship, and bold thinking ...
08/17/2026

🇺🇦 Eight emerging Ukrainian leaders. Two weeks in Washington, DC. Six months of learning, mentorship, and bold thinking about Ukraine’s future.

We were delighted to welcome our 2026 Statecraft and Imagination Fellows:

✨ Anna Nishnianidze
✨ Kateryna Kovalenko
✨ Justin Esiobu
✨ Olha Mukha
✨ Hlib Dolianovskyi
✨ Maksym Chebotarov
✨ Roman Vydro
✨ Alina Zubkovych

Following an intensive two-month online phase, the Fellows joined Delphi Global in Washington for a two-week residency co-hosted by the ASU Barrett & O’Connor Center. Through daily sessions with U.S. government experts, academics, and NGO leaders, and visits to the U.S. Capitol, Department of State, Embassy of Ukraine, and PBS, they explored analytical rigor, creative statecraft, and new approaches to complex geopolitical challenges.

Their curiosity, thoughtfulness, and commitment brought the program to life. It was a genuine pleasure to learn alongside them, and we are proud to welcome each of them into the growing Delphi Global community.

We also extend our warmest thanks to the program’s course director, Sean Murray, whose leadership, dedication, and care helped make this meaningful experience possible.

The residency may be over, but the Fellowship continues with four months of structured mentorship as the Fellows put their ideas into practice within their home institutions.

🔗 Meet the 2026 Fellows:
https://delphigrc.org/announcements/announcing-the-2026-statecraft-and-imagination-fellows
🔗 Explore highlights from the Washington residency:
https://delphigrc.org/research/delphi-global-research-center-welcomes-eight-ukrainian-fellows-for-a-two-week-residency-in-washington-dc
🎭 Read about our evening of geopolitics and theater:
https://delphigrc.org/announcements/delphi-global-research-center-hosts-an-evening-of-geopolitics-and-theater

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