Trump’s Second-Term Economic Record (2025-2026): A Quantitative Assessment
A rigorous quantitative assessment of the Trump administration economic record from 2025 to 2026, comparing campaign promises against measured outcomes. By Driss Effina, PhD, Global Strategy Files LLC.
Russia’s Pyrrhic War
How Putin's Ukraine Gamble Is Destroying the Country It Was Meant to Save
Driss EFFINA, PhD
Reading time: 12 minutes
Introduct...
NATO at the Breaking Point
How the Ukraine War and Trump's Return Are Dismantling the Transatlantic Alliance from Within
Driss EFFINA, PhD
Reading time: 13 ...
The Gulf Between Two Wars
How the Ukraine Conflict and the Gaza Crisis Are Reshaping Gulf State Strategy
Driss EFFINA, PhD
Reading time: 12 minutes
Intr...
After the Fire: Iran’s Post-War Futures
Structural Pressures, Regime Resilience, and Three Plausible Scenarios for the Islamic Republic (2026–2035)
Effina Driss, PhD
Ind...
Operation Epic Fury and the Dawn of Direct Confrontation
Operation Epic Fury and the Dawn of Direct Confrontation: The 2026 Iran War and the Collapse of Strategic Deterrence in the Middle East...
The World After the Wars
Five Tectonic Shifts That Will Define the International Order of 2030
Driss EFFINA, PhD
Reading time: 14 minutes
Introduction:...
China’s Calculated Silence
How Beijing Is Winning the Wars It Is Not Fighting
Driss EFFINA, PhD
Reading time: 13 minutes
Introduction: The Art of Strateg...
China’s Strategic Turn Toward Economic Autonomy: A Structural Shift the United States Must Understand
By Dr. Driss Effina
Over the past two decades, the dominant American narrative about China was built on a simple premise: China’s ec...
Antitrust Is Becoming Strategy
Antitrust Is Becoming Strategy : How Big Tech Regulation and the Google Case are Redefining Global Competition
By Driss EFFINA, PhD
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