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Inside the APEC Summit Where Great Power Competition Overshadowed Trade
A Venue Overshadowed by Power Politics:
The 2025 APEC Leaders’ Summit in Gyeongju was meant to reaffirm the region’s shared commitment to free trade, innovation,...
Deportation to Africa: From a Dream of Global Powerhouse to US Criminal Dumping Ground
“This flight took individuals so uniquely barbaric that their home countries refused to take them back”, - US Homeland Security Department Assistant Secretary Tricia...
Polisario: The Game Is Over
October 31, 2025, will undoubtedly be remembered as a historic rupture in the long and sterile confrontation surrounding the Moroccan Sahara. With the adoption of UN Security...
How U.S. Is Turning Iran into China’s Trojan Horse in the Middle East
In recent years, the sanctions regime that the United States and its allies have imposed on Iran and a handful of other countries has...
Together for Tomorrow: Global Governance Initiative’s Vision
On September 1, 2025, Chinese President Xi Jinping unveiled the Global Governance Initiative (GGI), the fourth in China’s Global Initiative Series, at an expanded...
Asia-Pacific’s Tax Dilemma: Indonesia’s High-Stakes Reform
Authors: Andi Mohammad Ilham and Andi Mohammad Johan*
Recently, Indonesia’s new Minister of Finance, Purbaya, declared that the establishment of the State Revenue Authority (SRA/BPN)...
China–ASEAN: Moving Rapidly Toward Regional Prosperity and Partnership
The recent developments by signing of the upgraded China–ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA) 3.0 mark a historic milestone in Asia’s economic integration and regional...
Why should Kenya and Ethiopia choose partnership over competition in the Horn of Africa?
Over the last two decades, the Horn of Africa has witnessed an increase of foreigntroops in Djibouti, a rise in investments along the Red...
Africa’s AI crossroads: from ambition to architecture
Artificial intelligence has already moved from promise to presence in Africa. It is influencing education, agriculture, health care, and public administration. Yet, while governments...
108 Years of Balfour and the Unfinished Question of Palestine
This November marks 108 years since the Balfour Declaration, a promise written in London by men who had never walked the soil of Palestine....