Putin’s Dilemma: Where Russia Stands in the Iran-Israel Conflict ft. Prof. Matthew Crosston
The escalating tensions between Iran and Israel have thrust Russia into a complex geopolitical ballet, requiring a delicate balancing act that reflects its historical...
More Than Meets the Eye: The Past, Present, and Future of Spanish-Israel Relations
Relations between Spain and Israel seemed to have hit rock bottom. In May 2024, Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Yolanda DÃaz ended a speech with...
Starved of Aid: How Trump-Era Cuts Are Driving Tigray’s Displaced into Desperation
In the windswept IDP camps of Tigray, hollowed eyes stare across makeshift shelters. Once vibrant communities, now reduced to fragments of survival, are being...
Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill: Reform or Regression?
The bonhomie between the richest man in the world and the most powerful man in the world, i.e., Elon Musk and Donald Trump, collapsed...
The Path to Resolving Global Conflicts Lies in Diplomacy
In an era marked by escalating geopolitical tensions, the world faces three major flashpoints that threaten global stability: the Israel-Iran conflict, the Russia-Ukraine war,...
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...
Post-Conflict Sensitivities and the Politics of Mapping: Lessons from the Aceh Island Dispute
In April 2025, the Indonesian Ministry of Home Affairs issued a decree under Kepmendagri No. 300.2.2-2138/2025 that sparked controversy in the province of Aceh....
Vietnam and China’s Railway Diplomacy: High-Speed Projects, Not Small Risks
In recent years, Vietnam has been promoting railway infrastructure development projects as an essential part of its strategy to modernize the economy and integrate...
Military Clashes, Private Conversation and the Ongoing Cambodia-Thailand Border Dispute
On May 28, 2025, Cambodian and Thai soldiers clashed in a brief gunfight along the disputed border in Northern Cambodia/Northeast Thailand along the Chong...
Trump, Netanyahu, and the Iran-Israel Inferno: Can the Strongman Duo End the War—Or Ignite a Bigger One?
Backdrop: The One-Week Fury
After a week of relentless strikes and counter-strikes, the Iran–Israel conflict has escalated from covert proxy warfare to overt, devastating kinetic...