Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Pakistan signed a mutual defense pact on August 7. Egypt’s decision not to join looks like the Ideology Premium’s alignment-menu logic playing out in security policy.
Legislators from a dozen-plus Latin American states backed the Isaac Accords in Buenos Aires. Argentina’s bond curve shows the real price of the alignment Milei is selling.
By Juncture Policy | October 13, 2025 | Updated November 15, 2025 Dutch Economic Minister Vincent Karremans faced a choice that would have triggered international sanctions if made by a developing country leader: invoke emergency powers to seize operational control of a foreign-owned semiconductor company. On October 13, 2025, he did exactly that—taking control of … Read more