The Demise of the Two-State Solution: The Assassination of Count Folke Bernadotte
After World War II, the UN Partition Plan and Israel’s unilateral declaration of independence, a Swedish diplomat and aristocrat, Count Folke Bernadotte, was appointed...
“The Strong Do What They Can”: Trump, Greenland, and the Modern Melian Dialogue
In Thucydides’ The History of the Peloponnesian War, the Melian Dialogue records a chilling encounter between imperial but democratic Athens and the neutral island...
Trump May Have Pushed the U.S.-China Summit Further Away
On April 1, China once again conducted a large-scale military exercise encircling Taiwan, marking the fifth such event since August 2022, when then-U.S. House...
The War of Tariffs – Trumps all Economies
It’s April, and the world is jittery as Trumponomics sets the agenda for a war that is bound to go beyond geographical boundaries and...
Somaliland and the emerging Geopolitical alignment in Middle East and Horn of Africa
In the last century, the Westphalian nation system has redrawn the political cartography across various parts of the globe. Shaped by colonial legacies, it...
Understanding China’s Strategy for the Taiwan Dilemma: The Good, the Bad, or the Ugly?
As the three-year-long conflict between self-determination and irredentist policy in Ukraine seems to be reaching its conclusion, International Relations connoisseurs are now reminded of...
The Fuel Embargo on Tigray is a siege
Tigray is once again facing a calculated blockade—not through direct military assault, but through economic strangulation that threatens lives just as effectively as war....
U.S.-Africa Trade in the Trump Era: Challenges, Changes & the Road Ahead
In the context of rapidly changing geopolitical situation characterized by complexities and contradictions, majority of African countries are facing strained challenges with trade and...
How international actors should be alleviating the conflict in the DRC
After their last attack in 2012 in the eastern region of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwandan-backed M23 forces launched a new...
Mexico’s strategic ascent: Why Latin America’s next Regional Leader is already emerging
For years, Latin America’s political balance rested on a familiar assumption: Brazil leads, Mexico follows. Brazil, with its continental scale, resource wealth, and international...