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The Deal of the Century or the Blunder of the Century
In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump embarked on a highly publicized trip to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates—a tour heralded...
The Age of American Ambivalence: Europe’s Strategic Wake-Up Call
When the UK–US steel agreement was announced in May, President Trump swiftly labelled it as “full and comprehensive.” This characterization, more rhetorical than substantive,...
ASEAN Summit 2025: Future Outlook for the Region and Beyond
Authors: Dr. Rizwan Naseer, Dr. Musarat Amin, Nauman Gull*
Malaysia, as the current chair of the Association of South Asian Nations (ASEAN), hosted the 46th...
Guns, Governments and Greed: The Global Nexus of War and Power
Ironically, war is the most stable economy and political strategy in a world with democratic principles, global institutions, and human rights declarations. From Ukraine...
After the Preemptive Strikes on Iran: Evolving Limits of Israel’s Nuclear Ambiguity
In consequence of recent hostilities, Iran’s prospects for gaining military nuclear capacity have been significantly degraded. Ipso facto, the potential Iranian nuclear threat to...
NATO Looks to the Future
Europe is grappling with a rapidly evolving security landscape and needs to plan ahead to deal with looming challenges. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has...
The Malacca Dilemma: China’s Achilles’ Heel
Trump’s recent claims on the Panama Canal and the annexation of Greenland in the Arctic Circle have brought to the fore one of the...
Russia’s Nuclear Strategy Post-Ukraine and Future of European Warfare
Russia has transformed its nuclear strategy following the 2022 Ukraine invasion, which integrates nuclear signaling into conventional conflict through calculated ambiguity and graduated escalation....
Lifting the Veil: Why Nuclear Weapons Need Democratic Oversight Now
The recent Israeli and United States attacks on Iran and the clashes between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan before that have brought the danger posed...
Morocco’s StraitBelt Doctrine and the Rise of a New Rimland Order
From Peripheral Actor to Platform State: How Engineered Sovereignty and Corridor Diplomacy of Morocco Are Rewriting Geopolitical Influence Across Africa and the Atlantic?
Long perceived...