Afghanistan’s Fractured Tapestry: The Ascent of Terror and America’s...
Afghanistan stands out as the most prominent country in South Asia, surrounded by significant countries of the region and nestled at the crossroads of Central Asia. Afghanistan is a tapestry woven with...
View ArticleTrump 2.0: A Hard Way for Migrants and Minorities to Wade Through
The very first week after swearing in as the 47th President of America, Trump signed a long list of executive orders. The termination of birthright citizenship, backing off from the Paris Climate...
View ArticleLebanon: The Long Road from Sectarianism to the Illusion of a Stable State
Lebanon’s past reflects a delicate sectarian equilibrium, formally embedded in the 1943 National Pact, an unwritten understanding aimed at dividing authority among the country’s religious communities....
View ArticleIshiba Navigates Trump’s Trade Policies: Japan’s Strategy to Avoid U.S. Tariffs
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed confidence on February 9, 2025, that Japan could sidestep the looming U.S. tariff hikes. Speaking to public broadcaster NHK, Ishiba indicated that...
View ArticleBiden’s Legacy: Achievements and Failures of a President
Biden achieved notable successes in some areas of economics and foreign policy, but these successes were overshadowed by flawed policies, weak authority, poor decisions, and lack of planning. Managing...
View ArticleU.S. Rescinding of Waiver on Chabahar Port
On February 6, 2025, President Trump issued an executive order instructing the Secretary of State to “modify or rescind sanctions waivers, particularly those that provide Iran any degree of economic or...
View ArticleNavigating Sovereignty, Security and Humanity: The ASEAN Way and the Rohingya...
Established on August 8, 1967, ASEAN is a regional organization of Southeast Asian countries, consisting of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore, and...
View ArticleDestined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? – Book Review
Graham Allison is an eminent scholar from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, founding Dean of the Kennedy School and former Head of its Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs....
View ArticleDRC Crisis: Start of a Wider Regional Conflict
27th January, 2025. For the second time in the last ten years, rebels from the March 23 Movement, or M23, captured Goma– the provincial capital of North Kivu. This marked a significant increase in the...
View ArticleIs DeepSeek a Democratization of Technology or a Chinese Threat?
On the eve of the AI summit in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron announced an investment of €109 billion as the foundation for France to become a leader in AI, and expects the move to serve as a...
View ArticleA Taste of Collaboration: Brazil and China’s Food Deal Feasts on Opportunity
During Xi Jinping’s visit to Brazil for the G20 Summit in November last year, China and Brazil signed a series of new deals outlining the phytosanitary and sanitary requirements for exporting Brazilian...
View ArticleASEAN is fragmented and has still has no common approach to Myanmar
The Tatmadaw under General Min Aung Hlaing seized power in a coup on February 1, 2021. Nearly, 3 years have passed and ASEAN, still has not found a viable consensus on how to deal with the continuing...
View ArticleSouth Asia Awaits Donald Trump’s First Moves
Donald Trump’s largely unexpected and striking victory in the US presidential election could significantly change the dynamics of global geopolitical processes. A significant change in rhetoric, vision...
View ArticleExploring New Frameworks for Taiwan-China Relations: Associated Statehood and...
The Taiwan-China relationship remains one of the world’s most intricate geopolitical challenges. Taiwan operates as a de facto independent state with a democratic government and a flourishing economy,...
View ArticleLatin America’s post-new left is constantly reinventing
When ideas fail, Goethe says, words come in very handy. Words make worlds. However, as Thucydides cautions, in wars, words lose their meaning. We are in the midst of a war of a different kind....
View ArticleThe US’s Boycott of the G20 Meeting in South Africa: Implications and...
The decision by the United States to boycott the upcoming G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Johannesburg has significant diplomatic and geopolitical implications. This move highlights growing tensions...
View ArticleSerbia 1835 and 2025: Will history repeat—or rewrite itself?
Kragujevac, Serbia—15 February 1835 marked a fleeting moment of audacity. In this unassuming city, then Serbia’s capital, enlightenment-inspired reformers presented the Sretenje Constitution—a radical...
View ArticleChina’s Influence Operations in the South China Sea and the Global South as a...
The Strategic Importance of the South China Sea: A region of immense historic and contemporary significance, the South China Sea has emerged as a global focus point, witnessing frequent hostilities and...
View ArticleEurope at of Risk Permanent Dependence and Irrelevance
Former American Secretary of State and National Security Advisor once quipped, “Who do I call if I want to speak to Europe?”. This problem endured for decades until the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, which...
View ArticleChina-Brokered Iran-Israel Peace: Suez Security & Gaza Stability Deal
After the US President Trump’s administration and the West with him exerted maximum pressure on both Egypt and Jordan in order to displace Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the Egyptian Sinai and...
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