U.N: Status quo on Korean Peninsula ‘alarming and unsustainable’
Unity on the U.N Security Council in the face of missile launches by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is essential to ease...
Prigozhin Mutiny Further Distances Central Asia from Russia
Even before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, it was clear that the Central Asian states were beginning to distance themselves from Russia’s proprietorial attitude...
The Global South is on the rise – but what exactly is the Global South?
The unwillingness of many leading countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America to stand with NATO over the war in Ukraine has brought to...
Xi Seeks to Build Anti-Western Coalition With SCO
The latest (virtual) summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization has given Xi Jinping, with Russian President Vladimir Putin hanging on to his coattails, a...
ASEAN Seek to Ease US-China Tensions on Their Own Terms
“Antony Blinken, effectively, threw Taiwan under the bus,” lamented Rebekah Koffler, a former US defence intelligence officer, shortly after the US secretary of state’s...
Erdogan’s ‘Disruptive’ Policies Frustrates the West, Will Turkey Be Ejected from NATO?
The discretion of the Holy Quran in Sweden by a group of protestors on June 29 could greatly impact Stockholm’s plan to join NATO...
China’s Counterterrorism Involvement in Southeast Asia under the Global Security Initiative
In April 2022, President Xi Jinping announced the Global Security Initiative (GSI), outlining China’s overarching principles for managing global defense and security issues. Given...
Despite war, post-Soviet states find breaking up with Russia hard to do
There was a time, not so long ago, when Russia’s Victory Day, marking the USSR’s triumph over Nazi Germany, was considered a shared international...
Future of Geopolitics Will Be Decided by 6 Swing States
The world is witnessing a new era of great power competition between the United States and China, with Russia playing a spoiler role. The...
When it Comes to Middle East Diplomacy, Chinese and European Interests Align
In March, China managed to a broker a détente between Iran and Saudi Arabia, achieving a diplomatic breakthrough that had eluded European governments. But...