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The West Should End Russia’s Great Power Delusions
Three years ago, Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. As the war goes on and the situation on the battlefield changes regularly, explanations...
Iran and the U.S.: What We Know, What We Don’t, and Why It Matters
In recent days, Iran and the United States have engaged in two rounds of indirect negotiations, a development that has dominated headlines across major...
Trump Raised Fire, Xi Plays Cool, Anwar Ought to Act Smart
Xi’s second visit to Malaysia, which took place on 16 April 2025, since 2013, was accepted with many applauses from Putra Jaya. It shows...
From TSMC’s Overseas Factory Profits and Losses, Assessing Opportunities in Europe
According to the information provided by TSMC's Corporate Presentation Committee, only the China facility is generating significant profits, while operations in Japan, the United...
Advanced US Weapons in the Hands of Rebels
The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan in August 2021 marked the end of a two-decade-long war, but it also sowed the seeds of...
Korea’s Rice Belt vs. China’s BRI: The Africa Play
My analysis of South Korean relations with Egypt and a comparison with China, my academic and research specialty, comes as Egypt and South Korea...
We Say Zimbabwe Now, Don’t We?
On April 18, Zimbabwe celebrated its 45th independence anniversary. Their independence in 1980 came with mixed emotions and resulted in a country still divided...
Will the World Finally Dare to Confront the Polisario Threat?
As hybrid threats escalate across the Maghreb and the Sahel, the world can no longer afford to consider the Polisario Front as a benign...
Trump’s misreading of China’s resolve: This could be a legacy breaker
One could interpret US President Donald Trump’s tariff imposition on some 49 countries as an invitation to negotiate their respective trade positions with the...
US Trade Wars and Military Globalization Spark Complex Alignments
President Trump’s new round of reciprocal and universal tariffs will escalate trade tensions, lower investment, hit market pricing, distort trade flows, disrupt supply chains,...