More: Geopolitics
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,...
The Road to Unfreedom: The War for Reality – Book Review
Timothy Snyder’s The Road to Unfreedom is not just a book; it's an air-raid siren blaring through the complacent fog of modern politics. This...
Vladimir Putin’s 2025 India Visit: Reshaping Global Diplomacy and Security
The forthcoming visit of Russian President Vladimir Putin to New Delhi in the earlier December 2025 to attend the 23rd Indo-Russian Annual Summit marks...
Blood and Resources: How Great Powers Get Rich on Civil War
In the world’s most fragile states, war is no longer merely a political tragedy, it is an economic opportunity for those positioned to profit....
The United States as the ultimate winner in the Thailand–Cambodia conflict
Thailand and Cambodia are neighboring countries with a long shared history. The two sides have also strengthened their cooperation in the 21st century. However,...