An Iconic Bridge, Its History, and a Veiled Human Fear
The vicissitudes of war are probably borne best by stoics, and the people of Mostar, having endured WW2, and, worse, the Yugoslav civil war, must come close. Yugoslavia no longer exists having...
View ArticleSouth Asian Diplomacy and Non-Western International Organizations
The growing influence of non-Western international organizations is a phenomenon that characterizes modern world politics. The rise in influence, power, and attractiveness of non-Western powers is...
View ArticleKosovo lets Bosnians in without a visa. Why won’t Bosnia return the favour?
As Kosovo lifts visa requirements for Bosnian citizens, allowing travel with just an ID card, Bosnia and Herzegovina is stuck in a political quagmire, unable to cooperate once again. The fault lies...
View ArticleSocial Media’s Key Role in Palestinian Activism for Gaza
By Alaa’a Ashkar and Madeline Rowe* Advances in media change perceptions of warfare. In this modern era of media, the recent events between Israel and Palestine reveal even more reliance on...
View ArticleShackling Justice: Pakistan’s 26th Amendment and the Death of Judicial...
The Senate of Pakistan’s recent passage of the 26th Constitution Amendment Bill has sparked significant controversy and debate within the country. This amendment, which limits the tenure of the Chief...
View ArticleThe Kazan Declaration and BRICS: Redefining Global Power Dynamics
The 16th BRICS Summit, held in Kazan, Russia, marked a turning point in the global order, with the Kazan Declaration serving as a powerful statement against U.S. hegemony, financial coercion, and...
View ArticleMackinder and Mahan: Geopolitics of BRI in South Asia
Geopolitics is incessantly at play within International relations, but its key functioning and presence is evident from China’s various geo-political endeavors. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is prime...
View ArticleWho Will Pave the Path to the White House?
With the US presidential election scheduled for November 5, 2024, the question remains: Who will pave the way to the White House? Although several surveys indicated that democratic candidate Kamala...
View ArticleIran’s Border Wall: A New Chapter in Regional Security Strategy
As Iran undertakes the construction of a 300-kilometer concrete wall along its border with Afghanistan, the region’s geopolitical dynamics are poised for significant change. This $3 billion project,...
View ArticleSisi and Xi Jinping towards the path of the Global South modernization
The BRICS countries held their main summit in the Russian city of Kazan, on the banks of the “Volga River” on Thursday, October 24, 2024, in the Russian city of Kazan. It will be the first summit to be...
View ArticleIran-Israel: Escalation or Deterrence?
On the first hours of Saturday, Israel launched a series of airstrikes against Iranian military targets, further and further intensifying implications for regional stability and international...
View ArticleBRICS+ and Africa’s Next Chapter Begins
The 16th BRICS+ summit in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, with Egypt and Ethiopia participating for the first time, has opened a distinctive chapter for Africa, particularly to seize emerging...
View ArticlePutin’s Failures, Like Hitler, Come from His Misunderstanding of the Balance...
President Vladimir Putin has, most likely due to political caution, not made any detailed public predictions on how and why Russia will win the war against Ukraine. If Russia somehow fails, the...
View ArticleSurvival Limits of Military Nuclear Power: Israel and “The Sting of the Bee”
In a now classic 1965 article on nuclear weapons,[1] physicist Leo Szilard offered a clarifying metaphor on different types of national nuclear capability. For some situations, the Manhattan Project...
View ArticleGhana’s Foreign Minister Botchwey Appointed the New Secretary-General of the...
On October 26th, the final day of the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Samoa, the leaders approved the appointment of Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, currently Minister for Foreign Affairs...
View ArticleEurope’s Raw Materials Challenge: Recycling for Our Industrial Future
While Brussels’ corridors of power buzz with talk of critical raw materials, our discussions remain fixated on geopolitics and extraction. These aren’t just any minerals – they’re the essential...
View ArticleIsrael’s Iran reprisal, Middle East destabilized
Early on Saturday, Israel hit Iran with a set of airstrikes, stating it was targeting military sites in retaliation for the 180 missiles that Iran fired into Israel over 3 weeks ago (which itself was a...
View ArticleNavigating Global Power Dynamics: Indonesia’s BRICS Entry and the Future of...
The inauguration of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on October 20, 2024, has marked a swift recalibration of Indonesia’s foreign policy, underlined by its formal expression of interest in joining...
View ArticleShigeru Ishiba calls for ‘Asian NATO’. Has the new Japanese PM grossly...
As the war in Ukraine entered its third year, experts in Europe feared a dark future for the region with the prospect of a protracted Russia-Ukraine conflict. Experts in Asia have reacted not...
View ArticleIs Türkiye becoming a BRICS partner a sign of break from the West?
In 2018, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attended the BRICS Johannesburg Summit, South Africa and said that Türkiye might consider joining the group. This was the first time a NATO member state...
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