Explainer: Why is China’s rare earths ‘model’ not easy to break or replicate
Deng Xiaoping, the second most popular leader after Mao in post-1949 China and known as the “chief architect” of modern China for having launched...
Ukraine – Corruption, Refusal to Federalize and Why It Won’t Stop
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy is racing to contain the fallout from a high-level corruption scandal that could undermine his authority, just as his country’s soldiers and...
Why China Rejects UNSC Proposal for Post-War Gaza Peace Council
China's general position on the Palestinian issue is that the international community must push for a two-state solution and strive for a political settlement...
The US Peace Plan: A Bitter Recipe for Both Sides
The United States has created a 28-point peace plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine, which is currently being reviewed by Ukraine, Russia,...
What You Need to Know About the US Proposal for Peace in Ukraine
The United States has proposed a 28-point peace plan aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. This plan is currently being reviewed by Ukraine,...
From ASEAN Access to National Progress: Educating Timor-Leste’s Future
They call it a new chapter. For Timor-Leste — a nation born from fire, driven by a stubborn tenderness for its own future —...
Central and South Asia on the Path of Transformation and Conflicts
Important and even fateful historical processes most often occur after very significant events. Major wars, revolutions, and conflicts have often been such events in...
From Values to Deals: Trump Redefines America’s Human Rights Agenda
President Donald Trump’s public defense of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi highlights a deeper realignment...
The End of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s Struggle: A Victory for Erdoğan’s Neo-Ottomanism?
This article will discuss the political context and strategic implications of the dissolution of the Partiya Karkerên Kurdistanê (PKK) as a development that reconstructs...
What the UN Resolution 2797 Means for Western Sahara
In October 2025, a group of powerful states attempted to do in a few days what fifty years of occupation, war and repression had...