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Regional Diplomacy Confronts the Weaponisation of Trade Routes
Authors: Othon A. Leon & David Oliver*
The Red Sea, particularly the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, has evolved as one of the world's most hazardous maritime...
How a 19% Tariff on Indonesian Goods Strengthens United States’ Hand in Southeast Asia
At first glance, a 19% U.S. tariff on imports from Indonesia – a friendly trading partner – sounds like the start of a trade...
After ‘Operation Midnight Hammer’: Israel at the Crossroads of Complexity
Nearly a month has passed since the United States launched Operation Midnight Hammer, a precision strike against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. What began as a...
China’s Gigantic Hydropower Dam in Tibet: Green Energy or the “Weaponization” Of Water?
As the world grapples with the challenges of climate change and a global transition to clean energy, China is moving forward with a highly...
From Natanz to Catastrophe
In June 2025, extensive Israeli attacks—followed by U.S. strikes—on Iran’s nuclear facilities, including key sites at Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan, once again brought the...
The End of History and The Return to Geopolitics
In his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, Francis Fukuyama put forward one of the most challenging and enduring hypotheses...
Trump at a Crossroads: Has the Anti-War President Become a Warmonger?
The bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities using advanced bombers and massive ordnance marked a turning point in Donald Trump’s presidency, a man who came...
Trump’s Global Bully Diplomacy: The Failure of a Strategy Built on Coercion
In his second term, Donald Trump has embraced an even more aggressive and theatrical approach to foreign policy—a style that can aptly be called...
Alarm Bells Sounding in Syria
Since the collapse of the Assad regime in December, Syrians have been free to breath and dream, again. This moment, however, did come cheaply,...
Preparing for the “Next War”: The Infinite Lethality of World Politics
"Where will it end? When will it all be lulled back into sleep, and cease, the bloody hatred, the destruction?" -Aeschylus, Agamemnon
In world politics,...