How did the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis shape the military alliances in the Indo-Pacific
The so-called rivalry between the US and China keeps making headlines, with analysts debating whether this is another Thucydides Trap—or just part of the...
NSA on China’s Support for Sisi’s Plan to Reconstruct the Gaza Strip
My previous important international analysis on the “Modern Diplomacy” political analysis website, regarding my proposals for comprehensive regional, international, and sectarian peace that enjoy...
The U.S.-China Showdown: Power, Competition, and the New World Order
The U.S.-China relationship is now in serious trouble, becoming more and more a strategic conflict that involves military, economic, and geopolitical matters. Diplomatic discussion...
Trump, a New Sykes-Picot, and the Division of the World
The world is entangled in multiple crises, and amid this turmoil, Donald Trump’s return to the American political scene presents a troubling vision of...
Greenland: A pawn in the Arctic Power Struggle
Greenland is one of the least accessible places on the globe. However, over the years it has become a geopolitical hotspot that is attracting...
Trump’s Strategic Twist in the Ukraine War: A Path to Resolution or New Challenges for Stakeholders?
Backdrop: A Shifting Strategic Landscape
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fourth year, a major shift has emerged: President Donald Trump’s push for direct negotiations...
UNDP Report on Syria’s Economic Losses
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report, "The Impact of the Conflict in Syria," released on February 20, 2025, paints a harrowing picture of a nation...
Foreign Assistance Review: It’s the Policy, S_ _ _ _ d!
The world is a fluid place. In September 2024, Joe Biden was president, struggling like many a predecessor to manage the volatile Middle East,...
Ethiopia’s Dangerous Descent: The Road to War with Eritrea After the Siege of Tigray
War does not begin with bullets but with deception. In Ethiopia’s ongoing ethnic fragmentation, truth has become the first casualty, buried beneath propaganda, revisionist...
The Fall of Constantinople and the Lessons for Europe Today: The Belief in Its Invincibility
The Fall of Constantinople in 1453 was one of the most consequential events in world history.
It marked the definitive end of the Byzantine Empire,...