Can China still be meaningfully classified as part of the Global South?
For decades, the term Global South has served as a geopolitical shorthand, grouping together countries in Africa, Latin America, Asia, and Oceania that shared...
Asia in the Iran-Israel Ongoing Conflict: China, Energy, and the Future of Global South Geopolitics
A New Chapter in Global Escalation
Israel’s attack on the heart of Iran in June 2025 was not just the latest episode in the long...
China’s Gulf Strategy Tested by the Israel-Iran Conflict
Since becoming a net oil importer in 1993, China has deepened its ties with the Gulf, transforming the region from a peripheral energy supplier...
The DeepSeek Ban Case: A Reminder for China
In the era of artificial intelligence development, data has become a highly valuable resource. Data protection has become a crucial and sensitive issue in...
Balancing Steel and Silk: Small-State Defense Strategy in the Taiwan Strait
Flying Between the Cracks of Giants
Singapore’s defense relationship with Taiwan is one of the Indo-Pacific’s most discreet yet enduring military partnerships. Since 1975, under...
China-Africa Relations: A New Chapter of Solidarity, Development, and Shared Future
In a world grappling with geopolitical rivalry, rising protectionism, and development disparities, the relationship between China and Africa stands as a shining example of...
Chinese 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...
China’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...
To 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...
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...