Incoming Danish presidency faces multiple challenges
MEPs will debate the start of the latest EU presidency, now held by Denmark.
They will discuss Denmark’s agenda for its six-month Council Presidency, which started...
The Malacca Dilemma: China’s Achilles’ Heel
Trump’s recent claims on the Panama Canal and the annexation of Greenland in the Arctic Circle have brought to the fore one of the...
The Mekong Delta and Vietnam’s Blue Economy: A Strategic Ocean Turn
The Mekong Delta has long been hailed as Vietnam’s agricultural heartland - its “rice bowl.” Yet today, it faces an existential challenge. Climate change,...
Xi Jinping Skips BRICS: A Silent Rebuke of a Fractured Bloc?
For the first time since BRICS was established in 2009, Chinese President Xi Jinping will not attend the annual summit. His absence from the...
From Periphery to Frontline: Ethnic Minority Rights in Wartime Russia
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped not only international borders but also deepened domestic patterns of repression. Under the guise of patriotic unity, the...
The Human Cost of Israel’s Cross-Border Operations
However, over the last 20 months, the size and scope of Israeli military campaigns have gone beyond the frontiers of Gaza and the occupied...
Substance and symbolism in the Dalai Lama’s succession
Days before turning 90, the Dalai Lama—the highest spiritual leader in Tibetan Buddhism and a unifying cultural symbol for the Tibetan diaspora worldwide—made a...
The Exiled Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh Deserve to Return
The recent war between Iran and Israel reminded the world that the Middle East and its peripheries remain perilously unstable. But the United States...
China-Central Asia Summit: A New Chapter of Shared Future and Strategic Convergence
The recent China-Central Asia Summit, attended by President Xi Jinping and the heads of state from the five Central Asian nations—Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan,...
Drawing the Line: Historical Lessons to Prevent a U.S.-China Dual Contingency in East Asia
As tensions flare simultaneously in the Taiwan Strait and on the Korean Peninsula, the specter of a dual contingency involving the United States and...