The Strategies, Challenges, and Countermeasures of Hong Kong’s City Diplomacy
Globalization has woven the world into a vast interconnected web, with cities acting as its key nodes. These urban hubs facilitate extensive transnational and local cooperation. As a result, cities are...
View ArticleThai-Cambodia Border Conflict and Colonial Legacies
Recently, Cambodia is planning to file a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the border issue with Thailand following the military clash on 28th May 2025, which led to the death of a...
View ArticleDead Bodies Don’t Trend: The Invisible Wars of Congo and Sudan
Authors: Nkosana Sithole kaMiya and Nkosazana Sisi Qavane In a world increasingly shaped by the flickering images of social media, the pain of others has become a form of digital currency, traded,...
View ArticleTo Beijing, U.S. Deterrence Has Become Clichéd
At this year’s Shangri-La Dialogue, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent mixed signals. On one hand, he emphasized that China is the biggest threat in the Indo-Pacific region, asserting that the...
View ArticleChina’s ‘Asian Century’ Promise and the Strategic Need to Woo India
At a recent foreign policy roundtable in London, a prominent Chinese public intellectual clarified that the Chinese leadership does not view India’s rising status in the Indo-Pacific as a threat to...
View ArticleVietnam and China Should Resist Being Pawns in the US Indo-Pacific Strategy
As the United States continues to expand its Indo-Pacific Strategy, Vietnam and China—two neighbors with deep historical, cultural, and economic ties—must remain vigilant against efforts by external...
View ArticleFrance-Indonesia Relations: Macron’s Visit and Strategic Defense Collaboration
The recent state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Indonesia, which included a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto, was a major turning point in the two countries’ bilateral ties. France...
View ArticleJustice on the Ballot? Mexico’s Controversial Judicial Elections
On 1 June 2025 Mexico held a historic and unprecedented vote to elect judges, from local magistrates up to Supreme Court justices. Nearly 2,600 positions were at stake: nine seats on the Supreme Court,...
View ArticleAfrica’s Labour Export Programme. Emerging Trends and Implications
The specter of multipolarity and the fight against growing neocolonialism are now driving Africa. While this trend is reflected in theoretical positions on protecting resource sovereignty, it is...
View ArticleThe End of Strategic Ambiguity: Australia’s ASEAN Moment and the Case for...
Australia is approaching a moment of strategic reckoning in Asia. For years, it has maintained a posture of alliance loyalty to the United States while professing regional engagement. This balancing...
View ArticleTitans Clash: How does ‘Populism’ and the ‘Cult of Influence’ drive U.S....
The public and dramatic clash between the incumbent President Donald Trump and tech tycoon Elon Musk—two of the United States’ most popular and powerful figures—has escalated the political chaos of a...
View ArticleFrom Wanted Fugitive to Diplomatic Partner: Unmasking America’s War on Terror
The image of Donald Trump shaking hands with Ahmad al-Sharaa, Syria’s current leader, in Riyadh is one that, until recently, would have seemed unimaginable. Al-Sharaa, once on the U.S. most-wanted list...
View ArticleSaint Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai: A crucible of soft power in the...
Saint Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai, perched amid the stark landscape of the Sinai Peninsula, is more than a monument of Christian antiquity. It stands today as a living testament to the enduring...
View ArticleChinese Stance on “Yalta 2.0”
In today’s fast-changing world, where uncertainty and power rivalries are on the rise, some voices are calling for a return to old-style diplomacy—a new version of the 1945 Yalta Conference. This idea,...
View ArticleErasing Assyrians: The Kurdish Nationalist Project
The Assyrians, an indigenous people with over 6,775 years of history and one of the world’s earliest Christian communities, are vanishing from their ancestral homeland. Not in theory. Not in the...
View ArticleProject 2025 by the Heritage Foundation: The Return of American-Style...
As the United States navigates the complex political and social challenges of the 21st century, Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation has emerged as an ambitious blueprint to overhaul the structure...
View ArticleSingapore’s Next Trade Revolution: From Rule-Taker to Rule-Shaper
Singapore is strategically poised to become an international trade nexus, leveraging its prime location, robust infrastructure, and strong financial and legal institutions. By adopting a proactive...
View ArticleThe IAEA, Iran, and the Looming Nuclear Resolution
The most recent meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors has unfolded at a time of mounting political and psychological pressure on Iran. This pressure coincides with a convergence of several significant...
View ArticleChina Weighs In on Israeli-Iran Conflict as U.S. Support Emerges
The Israeli military announced the commencement of airstrikes against dozens of targets across Iran, claiming they were directly linked to the Iranian nuclear program and other military facilities. The...
View ArticleWho Threatens Peace: Israel Aggression or Iran Defence?
Under international law, Iran reserves the right to total retaliation against the unprecedented Israeli strikes on its nuclear and military infrastructure, which killed senior generals and top...
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