Between Principles and Profits: Dutch Foreign Policy Toward the Islamic World
The Netherlands' relationship with the Islamic world has developed over the centuries, starting from the era of colonialism when the Dutch controlled the Dutch...
Trump’s Full-Scale Assault on the International Criminal Court
In an unprecedented move, the administration of Donald Trump has launched a direct offensive against the International Criminal Court (ICC), targeting not only its...
Lessons from Turkey’s PKK and Balochistan’s Crossroads
Four decades of relentless conflict between the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and Turkey have culminated in an unexpected yet historic declaration: the PKK, a...
Prospects for US-Gulf cooperation after President Trump’s visit
Opportunities and challenges for the US
President Trump has succeeded in “pivoting investment” from the Middle East to the US, creating an alternative financial flow...
Iran-US talks and Oman’s growing geopolitical clout
US President’s Middle East visit
US President Donald Trump’s Middle East visit from May 13-16, 2025 -- during which he visited three Gulf Cooperation Council...
The Silent Siege: China’s Port Takeover Strategy and What It Means for U.S. Influence in the Americas
China is attempting to control as many ports as possible internationally, especially in Latin and South American countries. By ensuring Chinese control over many...
Renouncing Truth: The Inglorious Challenge of Anti-Reason in America
“The enemy is the unphilosophical spirit which knows nothing and wants to know nothing of truth.” - Karl Jaspers, Reason and Anti-Reason in Our...
Opening the Gates: Trump’s Syria Gambit and the Fragile Road to Recovery
On May 13, 2025, in a surprise announcement during his first post-inauguration Gulf tour, President Donald Trump declared that he will be “ordering the...
On the Brink of Irreversibility: India-Pakistan, the Looming War
Since the bloody partition of 1947, which birthed two nations with antagonistic identities, India and Pakistan have been locked in an existential rivalry where...
Talking “works far more than tariffs” – says top Chinese diplomat
The Chinese ambassador to Belgium has expressed concern about “rising tensions” caused to world trade as a result of President Trump’s tariffs on many...