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The role of the Bureau 9 of the Chinese MSS in monitoring Vatican activities in Taiwan
Bureau 9 in China, following the Chinese Ministry of State Security (MSS), also known as the Anti-Defection and Counter-Surveillance Bureau, is one of the...
Xi Jinping’s Four Peace Initiatives after the Iran War
As part of promoting the Chinese Global Security Initiative (GSI) as an alternative to the Western approach, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed a four-point...
Challenging the Phenomenon of European Overtourism
Following massive protests in mid-2024, tens of thousands of local residents across Europe, from Mallorca to Barcelona, continued to demonstrate to voice their frustration...
Western Sahara: Three Wrong Turns the World Must Not Take
At the end of April the United Nations Security Council returns to a file it has been unable to close for more than three...
How the UAE Engineers Global Influence through Public Diplomacy
The 21st century has redefined the nature of power. Public diplomacy and soft power have emerged as the defining and decisive currency of influence...
Epstein Files Audit and the Fight for Real Transparency
The Justice Department watchdog’s review of the Epstein files should not be treated as routine bureaucracy. It is a direct test of whether the...
Why will China not take the bullet for Iran?
Largely unknown in the outside world, Iran is generally regarded by China’s foreign policy experts and strategic affairs community as a “twin brother” of...
The State of Seychelles-Russia Relations
With rising uncertainty and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East due to the United States-Israeli war on the Islamic Republic of Iran, President Vladimir...
Russia Is Not Dumping Gold
Russia has now sold physical gold from central bank linked reserves for the first time in about a quarter century, and the headline number...
Will the Iran War Undermine America’s Indo-Pacific Strategy?
America has engaged in yet another war in the Middle East through Operation Epic Fury, which began with the airstrikes on Iran on February...