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Persuasion in Southeast Asia reveals the United States’ strategic egoism

On December 13, US Secretary of State Blinken landed in Jakarta, Indonesia's capital, to deliver a speech on America's "Indo-Pacific strategy." His first journey...

China’s BRI crown jewel joins the era of defiance and dissent

The crown jewel of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) increasingly looks like a powder keg that has exploded. Mass protests have for the past...

Ethical faults in U.S. approach to the Beijing Winter Olympics

Since 1924, the first Olympic Winter Games have carried on the legacy of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) which embraces the idea of “building...

China’s Economic Diplomacy: Where do Taiwan and Kosovo fit in?

The attempt to unite Taiwan with the mainland since 1979 when Deng Xiaoping instituted the principle of "one country, two systems" has been ineffective...

The Franco-German solidarity is the pivot to a sovereign Europe

On December 8, Olaf Scholz was sworn in as new chancellor of Germany after his predecessor and political mentor Angela Merkel had governed the...

Between China and the AUKUS: The Future of Indonesia-France Strategic Partnership

The regional tension between Indonesia and China was reaching a new stage. On December 1, 2021, some Chinese diplomats told Indonesia to halt the...

How UAE became a key player in the Middle East

The signing of the Abraham Accords in September 2020, through which Bahrain and UAE normalised ties with Israel was a significant development which analysts...

India and the ‘Summit for Democracy’: Behind the Silent Acceptance

US president Joe Biden’s ‘Summit for Democracy’ has raised questions over the legitimacy of the American leadership in global geopolitics. The summit is planned...

The Deadliest Enemies: China’s Overseas Military Bases in Central Asia and Uyghur’s Turkestan Islamic Party

Amid the burgeoning sentimental relationship between Beijing and the resurrected Taliban's Emirate 2.0, the al Qaeda-affiliated Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP) has aggravated its propaganda...

The crisis of international law

The idea of promoting the human rights agenda in the image and likeness of the Western countries’ principles - as the repositories of Absolute...

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China Tightens Capital Controls the Same Week It Calls the Yuan’s Rise “Irreversible”

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Whose Tradition? The Global South and the Politics of the Tradwife Narrative

The phenomenon of the tradwife (traditional wife)—women who claim...
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