What Must Be Agreed to End the Iran War?
Iran's foreign ministry spokesperson announced that some conclusions have been reached regarding a potential 14-point memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the war in...
Putin-Xi Meeting: Strategic Alignment or Managed Distrust?
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, arrived in Beijing on 20th May, 2026, for a high-level visit just following the meeting between Trump and...
Donald Trump Transfers Troops to Poland: The Rise of the Eastern Front
Europe – From Pillar to “Periphery”
On April 27, 2026, while visiting the Carolus-Magnus-Gymnasium high school in Marsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, Chancellor Friedrich Merz...
Silence as Policy: The Security Council’s Failing in Myanmar
After the sudden military coup in 2021 dismantled and overthrew Myanmar’s new democratic government, the country has been controlled by a military junta led...
Why Keeping Silence on Taiwan Is No Longer Safe
Strategic ambiguity, the US policy of neither explicitly supporting nor opposing Taiwanese independence, has been considered effective for decades in maintaining stability in the...
India’s Growing Gulf Footprint: What the UAE Partnership Means for Regional Stability
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Abu Dhabi on May 15 to begin a five-nation tour, the visit was framed around energy...
Why China Matters in Trump’s Iran and Pakistan Negotiations
China is playing the role of diplomatic mediator through Pakistan to reduce American influence and promote a multipolar world order led by China and...
ASEAN Built a Rules-Based Strategy. Trump May Prefer Deals
ASEAN leaders were trying to consolidate a vastly different vision for a regional order just days before Donald Trump arrived in Beijing for a...
Xi Jinping’s Temple of Heaven Message to Trump: Chinese Modernization, Harmony, and the Global South
Chinese President Xi Jinping has stressed the need to accelerate the construction of a Chinese intellectual system in the fields of philosophy and social...
Are Japan and Southeast Asia Building a Third Option?
Over the past month, Japan formally joined the United States–Philippines Balikatan military exercises. Under the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA) previously signed between Tokyo and...