“Close the Gap” or Political Band-Aid? South Africa’s HIV/AIDS Response
In February 2025, the South African government launched the Close the Gap campaign, an ambitious initiative aimed at bridging disparities in HIV/AIDS treatment and ensuring universal ART...
View ArticleThe first “waves” appear in the South China Sea in early 2025
On February 24, 2025, China launched a live-fire military exercise in the Gulf of Tonkin (as Vietnam calls it), just days after Vietnam announced a new baseline defining its territorial waters in the...
View ArticleFrom Claims of Dictatorship to Agreements: The Complicated Relationship...
On February 24, 2022, Russia began its so-called “Special Military Operation.” It has been three years since this operation— which has since escalated into a full-scale war against Ukraine. Currently,...
View Article“A Government of Laws?”: Not if Trump Continues to Support Putin Crimes...
“A government of laws, and not of men.” -John Adams (1774) U.S. president Donald J. Trump’s obeisance to Russia’s Vladimir Putin recently escalated to once-unimaginable levels. On its face, such...
View ArticleRussia Calibrating Guinea-Bissau’s Strategic Partnership
With high anticipation for increased partnership between Russia and Guinea-Bissau has never been stronger since Soviet’s collapse. But the the anticipated change to be facilitated by implementing...
View ArticleEurope at the Crossroads: Navigating a New Cold War in a Transactional World
Europe must recognize a fundamental shift: we are entering a new Cold War between the US and China. This reality demands a complete reimagining of Europe’s approach to both the US and the evolving...
View ArticleB’Tselem in the Crosshairs: Netanyahu Cabinet’s War against Human Rights in...
In early 2023, the most far-right cabinet in Israel’s history launched its war for “judicial reforms” to replace democracy with autocracy. In fall 2023, it began an obliteration war against Gaza. Now...
View ArticleLiverpool Club, Egyptian’s exclusive happiness
The iconic song of Liverpool fans, “You Will Never Walk Alone,” gained support from over a hundred million Egyptians, significantly greater than the club’s original fans after Mohamed Salah’s...
View ArticleThe Global Balance of Power is Rapidly Shifting
From the founding of NATO in 1949, the world balance of power has been centered on the West working to deter aggression of Russia against Western Europe. That alliance, which lasted some 76 years, is...
View ArticleThe Trump-Zelensky Meeting: A Wake-Up Call for Canada in an Era of Strategic...
The recent meeting between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House highlighted the fragility of U.S. support for Ukraine. It revealed a profound transformation in international power...
View ArticleU.S. Pulls Back from Ukraine: The Shockwaves of a Global Power Shift
The recent developments surrounding the United States’ withdrawal from its active support for Ukraine are set to have profound geopolitical ramifications. This decision, following heated exchanges in...
View ArticleBeyond Borders: ASEAN’s Fight Against Human Trafficking in Southeast Asia
The issue of human trafficking is not a new phenomenon in Southeast Asia. The widespread practice of human trafficking in the region has created an urgency for regional governments to cooperate in...
View ArticleTaliban Rule Triggers Human Rights Catastrophe
A recent United Nations report presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) has cast a harrowing spotlight on Afghanistan’s accelerating human rights crisis under Taliban rule. The document, authored by...
View ArticleTrump vs. Zelenskyy: Popping the Proxy War
History will likely look back on the three-year anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war and note that it was the beginning of the end in real terms. After the sensationalized public breakdown between...
View ArticleIran’s Political Shift the Global Impact of Zarif’s Resignation
The unexpected departure of Mohammad Javad Zarif, Iran’s Vice-President for Strategic Affairs and a prominent reformer, marks a significant upheaval in the country’s political landscape. His choice was...
View ArticleThe Geopolitics of Trump’s “Return”: from the Marshall Islands to Greenland
As already clearly pointed out by Linda Restrepo, head of the prestigious Inner Sanctum Vector N360 magazine, before Trump was officially sworn in as the new president of the United States of America,...
View ArticleStarmer is a modern Attlee standing up to Russian tyranny but cutting help...
Listening to Sir Keir Starmer explaining why standing up to Russian tyranny and bending over backward to get the United States to stay engaged in Europe is like reliving the early dramas of post-war...
View ArticleWill the Middle East see the establishment of a Druze-Christian state?
In the wake of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s (HTS) takeover of Syria and the downfall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his regime, Syria’s Druze community is seeking protection from Islamists who seek...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Proneness to Disaster and Its Little-To-No-Effort to It
Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world. According to the World Risk Report 2024, Indonesia ranks as the second-most vulnerable nation to natural disasters due to its...
View ArticleThe Interests of the European Union and the United States Are Diverging
Since the end of World War 2, the economic and political interests of Europe, later the European Union, and the United States were perfectly aligned. The specter of Communism stalked the halls of power...
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