More: Geopolitics
The U.S.-Iran Struggle in Post-Assad Syria and the Alawite Predicament
The existing state of the Alawites holds significance in this assessment, followed by an examination of the Iran-United States confrontation. In general, the United...
Israel Approves Almost 800 New Homes for West Bank Settlements
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Israel has given final approval for 764 new housing units to be built across three settlements in the occupied West Bank, a move...
Congo Crisis Worsens as M23 Rebels Capture Strategic Hub
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Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have entered the strategic eastern Congolese town of Uvira, near the Burundian border, marking the biggest escalation in months in...
Putin Pushes for Stronger Military and Energy Ties with Indonesia
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Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Moscow, offering nuclear energy cooperation and hailing deepening military ties as Russia seeks...
Lebanon Rejects Tehran Trip, Pushes for Neutral Talks With Iran
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Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Raji has declined an invitation to visit Tehran, proposing instead to hold talks with Iran in a neutral third...
Russia Strikes Key Ukrainian Gas Route in Odesa Region
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Russia has struck the gas transport system in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, a key route for U.S. liquefied natural gas imports via Greece,...
The Riyadh-Washington Pact: A New Dawn for Sudan?
The civil war between the two main rival factions, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has intensified into a...
From Partners to Rivals: Why China-Japan Relations Are Spiraling
Japan and China are in their most dangerous diplomatic crisis in years as escalating tensions over Taiwan have cancelled earlier hopes of post-pandemic improvement....
Rethinking Payment Governance for a Fractured World
In the last two decades, the US financial sanction list has grown into an unwieldy diverse collection of countries, institutions, and individuals. This list...
The Belarus Playbook: How Myanmar Learns from Lukashenko
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko recently announced his intention to pay an official visit to Myanmar. Under other circumstances, this visit might have gone unnoticed,...