The Economist: From Gaza to Ukraine, wars and crises are piling up
An israel-hamas war in Gaza threatens to spread across the Middle East, with America and Iran facing off in the background. The Ukraine war,...
Elections in India, US, UK and Taiwan will shape global power in 2024
Taiwan goes to the polls in January 2024. Anti-China President Tsai Ing-wen has already served two four-year terms. Now, she is ineligible to contest....
Gaza’s global narrative and international security
The risk of a return of Daesh is becoming more credible, especially with the organisation emerging strongly in various locations recently. The war in...
Strategic Alliance Global Order: Diplomacy in a Time of Flux
The present global world order ‘Nothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were...
NATO Defense Ministers Deal with Range of Alliance Issues
While the situation in Ukraine and the Middle East dominated, NATO defense ministers dealt with a range of issues during their defense ministerial in...
Funding the IMF in a divided world
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) plays a central role in the international monetary system. As the lynchpin of the global financial safety net, it...
Peak China may pose peak danger
“When bad folks have problems, they do bad things.” So said Joe Biden in August when speaking about how China was a “ticking time...
What is the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance?
The Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, often referred to as simply “Five Eyes,” is a secretive international intelligence coalition comprising five English-speaking countries. Established in...
San Fransisco gets ready to host APEC 2023, the ‘Super Bowl of World Economies’ in November
San Francisco — In less than two months, San Francisco is going to be front and center on the world’s stage. The Asia-Pacific Economic...
Russia issues list of friendly and neutral countries
The Russian government has officially approved a list of more than 30 “friendly” and neutral countries, as the sanctions war with the West continues...