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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

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Critical Minerals and Critical Security: U.S. Military Dependence on China’s Rare Earths

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Despite President Trump's efforts to bring Putin and Zelenskyy together, their meeting remains elusive.  The fact is top leaders usually meet after the difficulties...

Between Fragility and Reset: The Future of Iran–Pakistan Relations

Iran and Pakistan have long occupied an uneasy space in one another’s strategic calculus, linked by geography yet divided by history, ideology, and external...

MAGA and the New Neoconservatism: The Middle East as the Heartland of a New Global Order

MAGA, short for "Make America Great Again" and the central slogan of the Trump era, is more than just domestic populism. It is a...

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