Gaza Ceasefire: Exchanging Land for Legitimacy
Wars are often remembered not for who won on the battlefield but for who ultimately emerge victorious in its aftermath. Success in war is...
Fortifying EU-Taiwan Economic Bonds: Linking Supply Chains and Capital Markets
The COVID-19 pandemic and geopolitical tensions have exposed global supply chain vulnerabilities, leading the European Union (EU) to diversify its critical supply sources, particularly...
Trump has shot the UN: Only time will tell if it survives
Video game enthusiasts like me will know what a double tap is. But for any non-gamer/hunters out there, a double tap is a shooting...
Trump’s Gaza Takeover Plan and Non-Nuclear Iran: A Game-Changer or a Political Fantasy?
U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent statement about the United States “taking over” Gaza and turning it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” has...
Trump, Realism and the Multipolar World
Donald J. Trump was inaugurated on January 20, 2025, thus assuming the presidency for his second and final term. The world that awaited President...
Geopolitical Implications of Azerbaijan’s BRICS+ Membership
Under its chairmanship, Brazil has prioritized the admission of more new members, by consensus, to broaden BRICS+ numerical strength and aggregate capacity as a...
Chinese Sanctions on U.S. Defense Contractors: Signaling, Not Strategy
The expected trade war between the United States and China, specifically during Trump’s reign, is reflecting a formidable economic and geopolitical rivalry between them....
Ethnic Cleansing for “Gaza’s Riviera”?
During a press conference with PM Netanyahu on Tuesday evening, President Trump said the United States “will take over” the Gaza Strip. Around the...
China’s BRI and Solomon Islands: Pacific Perspective
China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is an infrastructure project launched in 2013 by President Xi Jinping. BRI was inspired by the ancient Silk...
Afghanistan: Security Concerns Highlighted by 66th SIGAR Report
The 66th quarterly report by the US Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), released on January 30, 2025, has once again brought to...