More: Geopolitics
When Democracies Fracture: How Domestic Chaos is Reshaping Global Security
Across the globe, democracy is in decline. Key democratic characteristics (citizen participation, representative accountability and informational transparency) are in deepening crisis. These cleavages, from...
ASEAN’s real strength lies in strategic ambiguity
As the ASEAN foreign ministers gathered recently to set the agenda of the bloc in 2026, the familiar critique of ASEAN’s slow, divided, and...
From “Friends of Tomorrow” to Firestorm: Europe’s Shrinking Leverage in the Iran Crisis
The present confrontation, marked by air strikes, and political tensions among EU states about the nature of their strategic alliances, must be seen against...
Relevance of Sun Tzu’s Strategic Thought in the USA-China Tech Rivalry
In contemporary geopolitics, existing power, i.e., the USA, and the rising power, i.e., China, are colliding in the quest for power and dominance. One...
Iran’s Weakening Is Turkey’s Opportunity — and Its Trap
The American and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28 have altered the regional balance in ways that extend far beyond Tehran. The immediate...
Ali Larijani: The Man Khomeini Had Entrusted
Ayatollah Ali Khomeini has been assassinated. Iranian state media has officially confirmed in the Sunday morning, Khomeini is no more. The US and its...
Trump’s Middle East Gamble: Anatomy of a Regional War
The Iran-Israel-US war that erupted on February 28, 2026, has fallen into the world division in an extremely shocking way. While it may seem...
The US-Iran Conflict, Explained: Why America Is Striking Now
On Saturday, the United States and Israel launched significant military strikes against Iran, resulting in the death of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. This...
Pivot to Arctic: Why the Mastery of the North Matters?
Introduction
The Arctic has long been known as “high North, low tension”, as its frozen waters and permafrost landscape offered no incentives to the states....
The CIA’s China Playbook and the Shadow War
In a recent move, China’s top general and a longtime confidant of President Xi Jinping, Zhang Youxia, and Joint Staff chief Liu Zhenli were...