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Washington’s New Tariff Wall and the Transformation of US-ASEAN Economic Relations
The Strategic Pivot from IEEPA to Section 301
On March 11, 2026, a few weeks after the United States Supreme Court canceled emergency tariff authority...
America’s Gulf Bases Are No Longer Shields: The Limits of U.S. Military Power
Authors: Muhammad Rauhan Rasheed and Asif Al Hasan*
In an interesting development, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, refused to be a part of the...
After Hormuz: Winners, Losers, and the Return of Energy Geopolitics
The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not merely another oil shock. It is a structural rupture in the global energy...
China’s Defense of Hemedti’s RSF Network Provokes US Crackdown on PLA Companies
In a speech on November 19, 2025, President Trump spoke at length about the horrific atrocities being committed in Sudan, specifically by Colombian mercenaries...
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...