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Saint Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai: A crucible of soft power in the Orthodox East
Saint Catherine’s Monastery of Sinai, perched amid the stark landscape of the Sinai Peninsula, is more than a monument of Christian antiquity. It stands...
Titans Clash: How does ‘Populism’ and the ‘Cult of Influence’ drive U.S. political chaos?
The public and dramatic clash between the incumbent President Donald Trump and tech tycoon Elon Musk—two of the United States' most popular and powerful...
Metric Myopia: When Numbers Mislead Policy
In economic policy discourse, numbers are presumed to speak truth. GDP growth, poverty rates, unemployment figures, and fiscal balances are the dashboards of modern...
Justice on the Ballot? Mexico’s Controversial Judicial Elections
On 1 June 2025 Mexico held a historic and unprecedented vote to elect judges, from local magistrates up to Supreme Court justices. Nearly 2,600...
France-Indonesia Relations: Macron’s Visit and Strategic Defense Collaboration
The recent state visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Indonesia, which included a meeting with President Prabowo Subianto, was a major turning point...
China’s ‘Asian Century’ Promise and the Strategic Need to Woo India
At a recent foreign policy roundtable in London, a prominent Chinese public intellectual clarified that the Chinese leadership does not view India’s rising status...
Thai-Cambodia Border Conflict and Colonial Legacies
Recently, Cambodia is planning to file a case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over the border issue with Thailand following the military...
The Strategies, Challenges, and Countermeasures of Hong Kong’s City Diplomacy
Globalization has woven the world into a vast interconnected web, with cities acting as its key nodes. These urban hubs facilitate extensive transnational and...
The Legacy of 75 Years of Diplomatic Ties: Vietnam-China Relations in a New Era
In 2025, Vietnam and China mark the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations—a significant milestone that speaks to the resilience, complexity, and...
The Right on the Rise: Nationalism and the Changing Face of Europe
From the end of the Cold War to the most recent past, liberal democracy had appeared as an untouchable institution. For almost twenty-five years,...