Europe Reacts To Trump’s Threat To Greenland
By Magnus Lund Nielsen (EurActiv) -- The European Commission on Wednesday did not condemn US President-elect Donald Trump's threats to seize Greenland through military means, while France and Germany...
View ArticleThe Ghost Of Jimmy Carter – OpEd
Hagiography is inevitable when presidents and other prominent people die. The unwillingness to ‘speak ill of the dead’ and the propaganda that would have us believe in American exceptionalism must be...
View ArticleA Fractured Alliance: Europe, Trump 2.0, And The Dynamics Of Changing Global...
By Velina Tchakarova The global system is at a crossroads, caught in a paradox, where established rules continue to govern the world, but yield outcomes that defy traditional expectations. This...
View ArticleConcrete Sky: Air Base Hardening In The Western Pacific – Analysis
By Timothy A. Walton and Thomas H. Shugart The United States’ airfields face a threat of severe Chinese military attack. People’s Liberation Army (PLA) strike forces of aircraft, ground-based missile...
View ArticleHow Trump Threatens The World Trading System – OpEd
By Robert Staiger If the United States wanted to break the world trading system it could not have done better than to re-elect Donald Trump to the US Presidency. Not that Trump is alone among recent...
View ArticleCan Centralised Control In Pakistan Sustain Economic Growth Without Eroding...
The past year in Pakistan was marked by turbulence and instability. While the political stalemate continued, the country saw some promising economic developments, with inflation and interest rates...
View ArticleHow The Death Of Qasem Soleimani Weakened The Foundations Of Iran’s Regime –...
The death of Qassem Soleimani on January 3, 2020, was one of the most significant political and military events with far-reaching impacts on Iran, the region, and the world. As the commander of the...
View ArticleMaking The Dollar Great Again: The Enduring Challenges Facing The BEP – OpEd
Appointing Scott Bessent as the incoming Secretary of the Treasury, President Donald Trump recently pointed out that this choice was part of his global strategy to, amongst other aims, “[…] fortify...
View ArticleThe Global Significance Of South Korea’s Leadership Crisis – OpEd
Democracy isn’t doing so well around the world. One poignant sign of democracy’s decline is that it’s cherished most fervently in places where it effectively doesn’t exist— in Venezuela, for example,...
View ArticleAnnexing Canada Would Be Like Adding A Second California – OpEd
By Ryan McMaken Donald Trump wants an open border with Canada. At least, that’s what would happen if Trump were to execute his stated preference for annexing Canada as the fifty-first state. In...
View ArticleTechnocracy, Fear-Mongers, And The Conspiracy – OpEd
The term, ‘conspiracy theory’ became part of common parlance during the ‘Covid era,’ but although all of us know what it refers to – and who are supposed to be the ‘conspiracy theorists’ in question,...
View Article5-7 Nm Possibly The Long-Term Technological Ceiling For China’s Semiconductor...
By Zhou Chao Since the beginning of Donald Trump's first term, the U.S. government has continuously ramped up pressure on China's advanced technology sector, with the chip industry becoming a major...
View ArticleCross-Border Challenges: The Impact Of Illegal Bangladeshi Migration On...
Migration has always been a significant aspect of human history, driven by the search for food, shelter, freedom, security, and better living conditions. This movement of people often influences the...
View ArticleIndonesia’s Admission To BRICS Raises Concerns About Impact On Jakarta-West...
By Tria Dianti Indonesia’s induction into the BRICS economic bloc may give it access to more markets, but some analysts are concerned about whether this is worth putting Jakarta’s relationship with a...
View ArticleIs The World Ending War, Despite Ukraine? – OpEd
By Jonathan Power An ugly cloud of pessimism hands over many parts of the world. War that seemed to be in retreat, has returned with a vengeance with the second largest military in world, Russia’s,...
View ArticleAt The Edge Of A State: Examining Rohingya Marginalization In Myanmar – Analysis
By Fiona Raval As the civil war in Myanmar intensifies, the long-standing brutalities committed against the Rohingya have also seen a surge. This escalation has prompted the UN to state that it fears...
View ArticleSen. Fetterman Claims He’s Puzzled Why Americans Protest His Support Of...
In a Wednesday Twitter post, United States Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) expressed his confusion why “[z]ero dopes have shown up at my home or office, or blocked a road to chant and protest over an...
View ArticleArmenia Mulls Talks With Brussels To Launch EU Bid
By Alexandra Brzozowski (EurActiv) -- Amid a growing rift with former ally Russia, Armenia has passed a bill calling for the country to submit an application to begin EU membership talks with...
View ArticlePope’s Peace Diplomacy In Era Of Multiple Wars – Analysis
By Rudolf Gehrig At the height of World War II, as the Allies coordinated their strategy, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill suggested involving the pope in peace negotiations. The proposal drew...
View ArticleThe Drought That Felled Assad – OpEd
The meteorological drought that swept through the Fertile Crescent (stretching from the Tigris and Euphrates to the Nile Valley) in the 2000s finally ended up undoing the Assad regime in Syria and...
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