Nicholas Oakes

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Nicholas Oakes is a recent graduate from Roger Williams University (USA), where he earned degrees in International Relations and International Business. He plans to pursue a Master's in International Affairs with an economic focus, aiming to assist corporations in planning and managing their overseas expansion efforts.

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International Crimes Tribunal Hands Ousted Bangladeshi PM Death Sentence

Groundbreaking Precedent in South Asia: Bangladesh crossed an extraordinary threshold this November when its ousted prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, was sentenced to death in absentia...

40 Days Later: The US Government Shutdown’s Lasting Scars

After forty long days, America’s longest government shutdown is finally inching toward a fragile resolution. A bipartisan procedural vote in the Senate signaled what...

Inside the APEC Summit Where Great Power Competition Overshadowed Trade

A Venue Overshadowed by Power Politics: The 2025 APEC Leaders’ Summit in Gyeongju was meant to reaffirm the region’s shared commitment to free trade, innovation,...

Trump’s Venezuela Experiment: Regime Change, Not Through Force, But Finance

When the Trump administration turned its gaze toward Caracas, it wasn’t simply reacting to Nicolás Maduro’s fraudulent 2018 re-election. It was staging a modern...

The Dark Fleet: How Cartels Took Hold of North America’s Energy Trade

When a Danish-flagged tanker named Torm Agnes quietly pulled into Mexico’s Port of Ensenada this spring, few took notice. The harbor, better known for...

A Revolution Without a Square: Gen Z’s New Playbook

In 2011, the Arab world erupted in a wave of uprisings that came to define a generation’s struggle for freedom. From Tunis to Cairo,...

Madagascar’s Digital Revolution: When a Generation with Nothing to Lose Seized Its Future

Madagascar has become the latest flashpoint in a growing wave of youth-driven revolts sweeping across continents. What began as protests over blackouts and water...

The War That Became a Global Arms Showcase

The war in Ukraine is no longer just a geopolitical struggle, it has quickly become the world’s largest open-air defense exhibition. Every strike, drone...

Weaponizing the Supply Chain: Inside China’s New Rare Earth Export Restrictions

Beijing Tightens Grip on Critical Minerals: As Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping prepare for a landmark meeting later this month, China has announced comprehensive...

Gaza Flotilla Interception: What Happens to the Activists?

Israeli forces have once again intercepted a flotilla bound for Gaza, this time involving more than 40 boats carrying around 500 activists, parliamentarians, and...

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Beyond QR Payments: The Politics of Economic Mobility in the Global South

A market vendor in Indonesia can spend an entire...

The Geopolitics of Submarine Cables: Indonesia’s Strategic Dependence and Digital Vulnerability

On October 26, 2026, former Singaporean MP Calvin Cheng...

Why Egypt’s Sisi Matters to China’s Russia-Africa Strategy and the Future of BRICS

China indirectly benefits from Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's...

Custodian, Not Broker: Europe’s Quiet Rewrite of Its Middle East Policy

When the second EU–Gulf Cooperation Council summit was called...
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