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Transnistria: Russia, the EU, and the Persistence of a Frozen Conflict
The Transnistrian conflict is a long-standing territorial dispute in Eastern Europe and has been ongoing since the early 1990s. Emerging from the collapse of...
Belt and Road Becomes Key Tool in China’s Push to Enforce One-China Policy
China employs an intensive diplomatic and economic strategy with countries of the Global South (Africa, Arab states, Latin America, and Asia) to solidify the...
China’s Infrastructure Loans Raise Fears of Sovereignty Loss
Whether Chinese infrastructure loans constitute a “debt trap” threatening the sovereignty of host countries is a highly contested and controversial issue, the subject of...
Debt, Guns, and Concrete: What to Watch for in India’s Budget
India will announce its annual budget on Sunday, with the Defence Ministry requesting more military funds, while industries are asking for lower tax rates...
The Dragon’s Dilemma: China’s Strategic Playbook for a U.S.-Iran War
China categorically rejects the joint US-Israeli military threats of a potential strike against Iran. Current Chinese support for Iran (as of early 2026) revolves...
China Eyes Turkey’s Ethnic Outreach Warily as Ankara Courts Lebanese Turkmens
China adopts a reserved and cautious stance towards Turkish policies that rely on “ethnic ties,” or what is known as “Turkish nationalism,” to extend...
Reverse Brain Drain: How China Is Recruiting the World’s Talents
China's talent program is a comprehensive Chinese government strategy to attract foreign and expatriate scientists, researchers, and experts, particularly in the fields of science...
How the U.S. Security Assistance Distorts Israel’s Domestic Market
While the United States pours billions of dollars in annual aid into Israel, such generosity is quietly undermining Israel’s economic autonomy. For decades, mainstream...
How China Courts the Global South to Counter U.S. Alliances
China's strategy to counter Western alliances, such as: (Aukus, Quad, comprising: the United States, Japan, Australia, and India”, and NATO), relies on a combination...
What Would Okamoto Say? Advice for Prime Minister Takaichi on Japan’s China Crisis
Yukio Okamoto died in April 2020, before he could witness Japan's most serious diplomatic crisis with China in decades. But had the veteran diplomat,...