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Why Putin Visited China 48 Hours After Trump’s China Trip
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Beijing, the Chinese capital, for a two-day official visit on May 19 and 20, 2026, just 48 hours...
Turning the Tide at the G7 – School Meals for a Hungry World
These are dark days for international development. The UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with their promise of a world free of extreme poverty...
The Aesthetics of Impunity: Legal Backsliding of Gender in Türkiye
In early 2026, the discovery of Durdona Khakimova and Ergashalieva Sayyora—two Uzbek women murdered and disposed of in trash containers in Istanbul—sent a chilling...
A Rising China, an Established America, and the Thucydides Trap
When the ancient Greek historian Thucydides chronicled the Peloponnesian War, he did not write only about the clash between Athens and Sparta. He documented...
The Power of the AI Chip: The Techno-statecraft Approach in the US-China Great Power Rivalry
The recent H200 chip export authorisation marks a new form of power signalling in the technopolitics sphere. Advanced AI chips are the newest weapons...
Mokhber’s Atomic Bomb: The Misnaming of Riparian Coercion at Hormuz
On 8 May 2026, Mohammad Mokhber, adviser to the Supreme Leader and the man who built Iran’s sanctions-resistance architecture during fourteen years at the...
Israeli Secret Military Base Discovered Near Iran Border in Iraq, Intelligence Analysis Reveals
In May 2026, open-source Chinese intelligence, military, defense, and security reports and analyses, along with several military think tanks affiliated with the People's Liberation...
US – Iran Energy Shock Damage Is Spreading in Asia
In the Asian shock, four transmission channels play a role. In the case of oil, elevated risk premium is coupled with physical tightening via...
Trump, Xi and Europe’s Macedonian Moment
In the marble halls of Beijing’s Great Hall of the People this week, President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping concluded a summit many...
Trump’s China Visit and Xie Feng’s Taiwan Narrative Explained
The interview given by Chinese Ambassador to Washington Xie Feng to Newsweek on May 5, 2026, represents a pivotal moment in the ongoing Sino-American...