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Behind China’s Abstention: The Calculus of Not Condemning Iran’s Gulf Strikes
China abstained from voting on UN Security Council Resolution 2817 in March 2026, which condemned Iranian attacks on Gulf states and Jordan by a...
‘Africa Forward’ Summit: France Strengthening Africa’s Development Agenda
The United States-Israeli war in the Islamic Republic of Iran shattered Africa's economic landscape and left an emotional devastation. Europe is fractured, but completely....
The Invoiced Alliance: Transactional Power and the NATO Guarantee
There is a pattern in how Donald Trump approaches alliances, and it has been consistent since the opening weeks of 2016. It is not...
Japan’s Natural Resources Dilemma and Sanae Takaichi’s Neo-mercantilism
Every country in the world has its own obstacles to building its economy. For Japan, the obstacle is their helplessness due to the lack...
The Lonely Superpower: Trump’s Iran War and the End of American Consent
The United States currently finds itself in a state of strategic paralysis, caught between an administrative push for military confrontation and a wall of...
Behind China’s Rejection of a US-Led Naval Coalition in the Strait of Hormuz
China has adopted a strategy of securing passage through bilateral channels, meaning that Beijing prefers to rely on domestic diplomacy and direct communication with...
Trump’s AI Strategy Exposes Europe’s Strategic Ambiguity
In a move to ensure U.S. global leadership in AI, on March 20, 2026, the Trump Administration announced a comprehensive AI strategy. The strategy...
AI Sovereignty and the Global South’s Third Way
When a Regional Crisis Becomes a Global Systems Shock
COVID-19 showed how fragile global interdependence becomes when too much capacity is concentrated in too few...
Chokepoint Wars: How the Strait of Hormuz Crisis Is Reshaping Global Energy Security
The modern international system is no longer characterized by the conflicts based on the territorial boundaries but the tensions concerning the strategic routes that...
Escalation Without War: China’s New Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
On 29 December 2025, more than 130 Chinese military aircraft and drones filled the airspace surrounding Taiwan. Destroyers, frigates, coast guard vessels, and rocket...