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Shifting Sands: U.S. Security Credibility and China’s Gulf Ambitions
On 9 September 2025, Israel carried out a precision airstrike in Qatar, reportedly to target a senior Hamas official. The strike was significant, not...
Savash’s Triumph – Book Review
The novel named Savash’s Triumph written in 2024 by Mustafa Donmez is an extraordinary study for scientists working in the field of Criminal Justice...
India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor: Promise, Peril, and the Politics of Connectivity
During a recent meeting of Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, on Friday, October 17, Egypt’s Foreign...
From Putin to Pyongyang: Is Trump Planning a Kim Jong Un Reunion?
After the U.S.–Russia summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Budapest this October, diplomatic attention swiftly shifted eastward to a region where...
China-India rapprochement is a headwind to Vietnam’s bamboo diplomacy
Authors: Minh Do and Dieu Linh Nguyen*
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s visit to New Delhi, followed by handshakes between Chinese President Xi Jinping and...
Friendless in Crisis: What the Israel-Iran Conflict Reveals About Non-Western Alliances
In a realist world, power is rarely exercised alone. It takes coordination, sustained support, and mutual loyalty to project strength. That is the foundation...
Trump and Putin in Budapest: Can a Ukraine Peace Deal Redefine the Future of Nuclear Non-Proliferation?
The protracted Ukraine crisis has, at one point, created severe challenges for the global security architecture; on the other hand, it has caused unprecedented...
From Anarchy to Etiquette: The UN, IR Theories, and the Politics of Trump’s Ceasefire
When Donald Trump announced a new “ceasefire deal” between Israel, Qatar, Turkey, and the United States, the world reacted with a mixture of fatigue...
Weaponized Distraction: How Foreign Powers Exploit America’s Culture Wars
If you TikTok on any particular night and you can watch America arguing with itself. Most teenagers scroll through protest videos, culture-war debates, and...
Can Pune’s IT sector benefit from recent global developments?
Authors: Tridivesh Singh Maini and Sarva Chakrabarti*
Several commentators have viewed the recent announcement of the Trump administration to raise H-1B visa fees to $100,000...