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Canada’s Strategic Entry: A Quiet Shift Toward Global Leadership
The 2025 Alaska meeting has served as a wake-up call, prompting Canada to undergo a strategic realignment in its foreign policy with a particular...
Scars of Betrayal: Assyrians Continue to Feel Uncertainty from the Sykes-Picot Agreement
Assyrians are one of the oldest continuously documented ethnic groups in history today. Their presence dates to the initial stages of human civilization and...
Chinese Influence & Diversification Across the World Through Toys: The Case of Labubu
China’s global influence today leans heavily on a nuanced blend of soft power that often surpasses its use of traditional hard power. China’s strategy...
Applying More Pressure on Russia by Bringing CSTO Members into the Western Fold
The Russian Federation resumes its invasion of Ukraine with little concern for the country’s sanctions, loss of soft power, and numerous military losses. Despite...
Washington’s Oil Chessboard: Why Venezuela Matters in U.S. Geopolitics
American warships edging closer to Venezuelan waters earlier this year barely made global headlines, overshadowed by louder crises in Ukraine and the South China...
BRICS Moment: Can the Global South’s Silver Lining Deliver?
When the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, and China first met in Yekaterinburg in 2009, the acronym “BRIC” was still fresh from Goldman Sachs’...
The Role of SEZs in CPEC Phase-II
China-Pakistan Economic Corridor has been a long-term strategic collaboration between China and Pakistan. It will now be in a second phase that marks a...
Why President Director Resignations Won’t Solve BUMN Governance Failures
Corporate liability and public accountability remain the missing pieces in Indonesia’s state-owned enterprise reform. The resignation of Joao Angelo de Sousa Mota from the...
The Rising of Chinese Pop Culture: Labubu against K-Pop and Anime
Asia's popular culture wave that for two decades has been dominated by two giants. South Korea with its K-Pop wave and dramas, and Japan...
Australia Faces New Tests in US Ties Under Trump’s Second Term
Since President Donald Trump returned to office in January 2025, Australia has been grappling with unpredictable shifts in its relationship to one of its...