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Peace, But At What Price? The Struggles to Secure Ukraine’s Future
As of July 20th, 2025, debate over security guarantees for Ukraine has become central focus of ongoing peace discussions following the Trump-Putin Summit in...
The Chinese Dream or Strategic Deception? Navigating the Harmony–Hegemony Dilemma
In 2012, when President Xi Jinping first coined the term “Chinese Dream”, it was seen as a patriotic call for national revival, a promise...
The Flight out of New India, Rising Brain Drain and Wealth Drain – Book Review
India's intellectuals, wealthy, and middle class are migrating in their numbers to the United States and Europe. In addition, some have chosen to go...
Geopolitics vs. Development: G20-Africa Pushes a New Vision for the Global South
In an interview with Modern Diplomacy in mid-August 2025, Ms. Tandiwe Thelma Mgxwati, Minister Plenipotentiary and Charge d'Affaires a.i. at the South African Embassy,...
Trump and the Presidency as a Business Empire
On June 16, 2015, Donald J. Trump descended the golden escalator at Trump Tower and declared his candidacy for the U.S. presidency. This theatrical...
Why Cannot Washington Afford to Look Away?
Until recently, the economic relationship between Pakistan and the United States was overshadowed by waves of aid and security cooperation. However, the global economy is changing. Strategic engagement now relies...
What does the US’s foreign aid withdrawal mean for the Pacific region?
Following his victory in the 2024 U.S. elections, Donald Trump re-entered the presidential office as a highly controversial figure. In the fields of foreign...
Greece’s Energy Future: Why Renewables Trump Hydrocarbons
A Strategic Counter-Argument to Recent Hydrocarbon Advocacy
Yannis Bassias’s recent article advocating for Greece’s return to hydrocarbon exploration fundamentally misreads both economic trends and strategic...
What Russia Wants in Africa — and How It Plans to Get It
For African countries, more and more diverse economic opportunities have opened up primarily due to the changing geopolitical dynamics around the world today. These...
Malaysia’s growing economic linkages with BRICS countries
Like several other countries in the ASEAN region, Malaysia has begun to face the challenge of walking a tight rope between China and the...