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Power for Sale: The Middle East as a Geopolitical Marketplace
The Frame Shift That Changes Everything
The language we reach for when describing the Middle East has always been the language of conflict. Proxy wars....
Russia’s Shattered Trade Preference for African Entrepreneurs, Weak Economic Collaboration
For both Russia and Africa, the time has arrived to face emerging geopolitical development realities. With Africa's engagement, Russia has absolutely adequate information necessary...
The Talks That Aren’t Happening: Strategic Ambiguity in the US-Iran Standoff
President Trump insists “productive” negotiations with Iran are happening. Iran’s top officials repeatedly deny it. One of them is lying, or both are, or...
Just A Flesh Wound
The WTO’s 14th Ministerial Conference being held in Yaoundé Cameroon this week broke up in acrimony and disarray in the small hours of yesterday.
Slated...
Claiming Peace, Waging War: U.S. Policy in a New Era of Global Conflict
The world witnessed major conflicts in 2025, with one of the most alarming escalations between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, India and Pakistan. If it...
How Nuclear Technology Belongs in the SDGs Conversation?
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a comprehensive framework to tackle emerging global challenges such as poverty, hunger, healthcare water scarcity, and...
Wars Waged by Great Powers are Felt Most by Poor Countries
One of the most disturbing developments in world politics is that the number of interstate wars are increasing, marking an end to an eighty-year...
Pinaka 120 Tested: What India’s Long-Range Rocket Means for South Asian Conflict
On 29 December 2025, India conducted the maiden flight test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) with a reported range of 120...
China Backs Egyptian General Intelligence Mediation Between IRGC and the U.S.
China trusts the efforts of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate, under the leadership of Major General Hassan Rashad, to spearhead both covert and overt...
The War in Iran is not the next World War: How multipolarity is changing the logic of escalation
The Iranian conflict is falling, predictably, into the escalation trap—from what began as a vertically limited, regime-targeting air campaign to a horizontally expanding regional...