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Indonesia’s Integrity Imperative and ASEAN’s Future
The viral claim that ASEAN warned Indonesia of possible disintegration by 2030 due to endemic corruption was swiftly debunked. No such statement appeared in...
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...
Peace Through War: Western Pressure and Iran’s Turn to the East
After Israel’s attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities on June 13, 2025 (Operation “Sunrise of the Lions”), the U.S. once again demonstrated its willingness for...
Forecasting the Next World War—Between Theory and Practice
Winston Churchill famously said, “Those who do not learn history are condemned to repeat it.” The truth is, even when we do learn history,...
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,...
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...
Trump has won the strategic game of the next hundred years
On August 15, 2025, the “fateful” meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart took place in Alaska. The meeting marked the...
Can the Middle Corridor Transform Eurasia’s Energy Architecture?
The Middle Corridor, officially designated as the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TITR), represents far more than a logistical alternative connecting East and West. This...
Ceasefire Still Elusive, But Dialogue Gains Momentum After Alaska Meeting
Summary: Friday’s Summit between Putin and Trump in Alaska concluded without a ceasefire agreement, though President Trump described the talks as progressive and promised...