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Abraham Accords and Saudi-Israel diplomatic normalization under Trump 2.0
Donald Trump is back in the White House as the USA’s 47th president with a long to-do list, and cementing his legacy in the Middle...
China-Brokered Iran-Israel Peace: Suez Security & Gaza Stability Deal
After the US President Trump's administration and the West with him exerted maximum pressure on both Egypt and Jordan in order to displace Palestinians...
Serbia 1835 and 2025: Will history repeat—or rewrite itself?
Kragujevac, Serbia—15 February 1835 marked a fleeting moment of audacity. In this unassuming city, then Serbia’s capital, enlightenment-inspired reformers presented the Sretenje Constitution—a radical...
Latin America’s post-new left is constantly reinventing
When ideas fail, Goethe says, words come in very handy. Words make worlds. However, as Thucydides cautions, in wars, words lose their meaning. We...
China’s Megadam: A Hydropower Giant Amid Ecological and Geopolitical Challenges
On January 6, 2025, the People's Republic of China reaffirmed its intention to construct the world's biggest dam on the Brahmaputra River. China issued...
The Legacy of Abandoned US Military Equipment in Afghanistan
The United States’ tumultuous withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 marked the end of a two-decade military campaign but ignited a new era of...
Is DeepSeek a Democratization of Technology or a Chinese Threat?
On the eve of the AI summit in Paris, French President Emmanuel Macron announced an investment of €109 billion as the foundation for France...
Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? – Book Review
Graham Allison is an eminent scholar from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, founding Dean of the Kennedy School and former Head of...
Ishiba Navigates Trump’s Trade Policies: Japan’s Strategy to Avoid U.S. Tariffs
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba expressed confidence on February 9, 2025, that Japan could sidestep the looming U.S. tariff hikes. Speaking to public broadcaster...
Lebanon: The Long Road from Sectarianism to the Illusion of a Stable State
Lebanon’s past reflects a delicate sectarian equilibrium, formally embedded in the 1943 National Pact, an unwritten understanding aimed at dividing authority among the country’s...