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China’s impossible balance in the Middle East
In March 2023, many in the West looked with surprise and unease as China brokered an agreement to resume diplomatic relations between Iran and...
Walmart International’s Acquisition Strategy for Technology-Based Global Market Expansion
This article aims to examine why acquisition cooperation as a corporate strategy of Walmart International in order to strengthen the technology-based market. To explain...
Cosmopolitanism and Global Solidarity in Collective Action for Madagascar’s Famine
The term “cosmopolitanism” finds its roots in the Greek word “kosmopolitês,ˮ meaning “citizen of the world.” Based on this lexical definition, cosmopolitanism is the...
New Dynamics of Regional Security: The Potential of the US–Japan–South Korea Defense Pact
The Asia-Pacific region has long been a hub of complex geopolitical dynamics, driven by global power competition, overlapping territorial claims, and maritime security challenges....
Winds of Change: Iran’s New Reformist President and the Path Ahead
The election of a new reformist president in Iran has sparked significant interest both domestically and internationally. This shift in leadership comes at a...
Crossing the River by Feeling the Stones – the China-EU Agreement on Geographical Indications
The China-EU Agreement on Geographical Indications (the GI Agreement) is three years old this year. It was the first - and is so far...
Impacts of Foreign Assistance Cuts on Africa: USAID’s Role and Challenges Ahead
The U.S. House Appropriations Committee, led by Republicans, has proposed an 11% reduction in foreign assistance funding, which includes a substantial $485 million cut...
Palestinian Reform Redux
Mark Twain wrote that “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes.” Anyone observing the current unraveling in the Israeli-Palestinian arena would grasp Twain’s...
The 2021 Myanmar Coup: Ethnic Conflict, Human Rights Violations, and International Response
The Myanmar Military Coup D’etat that happened on February 1, 2021, has since marked a significant change in the country’s stability and political landscape,...
The Third Plenary Session: A Catalyst for China’s Future
As the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) kicks off in Beijing from July 15-18,...