2024 Indonesia Local Election: Is Citizen Supervision a Game Changer?
Local Elections in Indonesia were pioneered in 2005 as a part of broader demands for more open political participation after the call for reform. Prior to the reform era, the head of the region was...
View ArticleTributary Tensions: Is China Reviving Old Hegemonies in the South China Sea?
The eleventh edition of the Xiangshan Forum was held in Beijing from 12th -14th September 2024 and was themed ‘Promoting Peace for a Shared Future.’ This year witnessed an increased number of...
View ArticleTurkiye’s BRICS bid: A Strategic shift toward multipolarity and Global South...
Turkiye’s formal application to join BRICS marks a key moment for this important group. Since its inception in 2006, BRICS has become one of the most influential and effective bloc for economic and...
View ArticleRussia’s Cyber Crackdown: Sovereignty, Surveillance, and Wartime Control
The rapid growth of digital technologies has transformed how governments interact with their citizens, providing enhanced connectivity and granting states new ways to exert control. In Russia, the...
View ArticleTajikistan and the Taliban
Three years after coming to power by military means, the Taliban has stabilized the situation in Afghanistan and managed to achieve diplomatic progress in relations with its neighbors. This is...
View ArticleU.S. 2024 Election and the Way to a Calamitous Trade War
For months, the U.S. presidential race has been hyped by national and international media with its incessant hunger for the latest sound-bites, spiced with expert opinions. Nonetheless, views don’t...
View ArticleAmerica at a Crossroads: How the 2024 Election Will Redefine Global Security...
Authors: Naziba Mustabshira and Arman Ahmed*As the 2024 United States presidential election knocks at the door, the choice between Kamala Harris and Donald J. Trump may reshape the United States’s...
View ArticleShaping the De-shaped: The Chinese Answers to Afghan Questions
After decades of bloodshed and instability, the assurance of the Taliban for Afghans and the world couldn’t be reliable, and probably, the chain linkage of the Taliban with the extremist groups remains...
View ArticleTürkiye’s Eyes on BRICS But Ear to EU
Critiques of BRICS membership in Türkiye Türkiye’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan’s statement in a TV program that if Türkiye’s European Union (EU) membership process had been completed, Türkiye would...
View ArticleThe 2024 US Election: The First-Generation Z election and why that might doom...
Youth voting will once again be vital in the race towards the US presidency. With the mass use of social media and other Zoomer tools (Bitcoins, NFTs, etc), both candidates have strived to appeal to...
View ArticleThe Quad way of standing the test of time
U.S. President Joe Biden hosted fellow Quad leaders – Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia – at his hometown of...
View ArticleDesert Diplomacy: Saudi Arabia’s Quest for Regional Harmony
From Tehran to Ankara, Riyadh’s olive branch signals a seismic shift in Saudi Arabia’s regional approach, one that balances assertiveness with pragmatism. Saudi Arabia, long regarded as a dominant...
View ArticleTehran’s Tenuous Response?
The recent political murder of Ismail Haniyeh, the head of the political bureau of Hamas in Tehran has escalated Iran and Israel conflict. In his statement before the United Nations General Assembly on...
View ArticleA Fearless Journey
The Gambia, located in West Africa, is recognized as one of Sub-Saharan Africa’s smallest countries, covering an area of just 11,300 square kilometers and home to fewer than three million people. This...
View ArticleSri Lanka’s Marxist Moment: Hope or Hype
As Dissanayake assumes Sri Lanka’s top office, the nation holds its breath: will this leftist leader bring revolutionary change or merely stabilize a sinking ship? Sri Lanka’s political landscape...
View ArticleThe Taliban’s Dilemma: Expanding Al Qaeda and IS-K networks in Afghanistan
Since the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021, the country has been experiencing interim relief after a two-decade-long battle. Nevertheless, the presence of terrorist groups inside Afghanistan...
View ArticleThe Release of Susi Air Pilot by the OPM in Papua:What Does Hostage Diplomacy...
Background The release of Susi Air pilot Philip Mark Mehrtens, who was held hostage for 19 months by the armed wing of the Free Papua Movement (Organisasi Papua Merdeka; OPM) led by Egianus Kogoya...
View ArticleUzbekistan: Next few years “vital” for country on its “post-Soviet journey”
It isn’t only the United States where elections are keenly awaited. While the upcoming poll in America seems to grip most of the world, there are important elections also taking place elsewhere. One...
View ArticleDecoding the Pager Strikes: Implications for Israel, Hezbollah, and Lebanon
“Our enemy has realised that they are fighting guys from the future. Now, it is brilliant as it is infuriating. If you live like it’s the past and behave like it’s the past, then guys from the future...
View ArticleThe Cost of Democratic Overkill: Polarization and Power Struggles in...
The specter of military intervention has long loomed over Pakistan’s political landscape. As the country faces growing political polarization and economic challenges, the question of whether the...
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