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Rubio To Lobby Thailand Not To Deport Detained Uyghurs To China
By Josh Lipes and Shahrezad Ghayrat U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio – the incoming Trump administration’s pick to lead the U.S. State Department – will lobby Thailand to ensure that 48 ethnic Uyghurs held there...
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Israel, Hamas Agree Cease-Fire Deal, Although Much ‘Uncertainty’ Remains
By Kian Sharifi (RFE/RL) -- Israel and the U.S.-designated Palestinian terrorist group Hamas have reached a multiphase cease-fire deal that includes the exchange of Israeli hostages for some 1,000...
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What Comes After A Gaza Ceasefire Deal – OpEd
By Osama Al-Sharif A long-awaited ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas appears imminent, according to US, Israeli, Qatari and Palestinian sources. After months of fruitless negotiations, the two...
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TikTok ‘Refugees’ Flock To China’s RedNote
By Luisetta Mudie More than half a million users have piled onto the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, days ahead of a looming ban on TikTok in the United States,...
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Strategic Partnership Agreement Between Armenia And The USA: An Azerbaijani...
The signing of a strategic partnership document in Washington between Armenia’s Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken can be considered an unsurprising and...
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MEPs In Letter Writing Spree Over Musk’s EU Activism
By icoletta Ionta (EurActiv) -- Lawmakers from across the European Parliament have launched a flurry of initiatives over Elon Musk’s recent actions, with one even proposing him for the 2025 Nobel...
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No, Climate Change Is Not Causing California’s ‘Insurance Crisis’ – OpEd
By Connor O'Keeffe Last week, parts of Los Angeles, California, were devastated by a series of especially destructive wildfires. While fires are common in the southern California region, a couple of...
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Kuala Lumpur – Jakarta: Strategic Fallback Options – Analysis
Indonesia President Prabowo Subianto 's visit to Malaysia on January 9 was as a symbol to further reaffirm bilateral ties and to cement closer personal ties, bond and trust at the highest level, with...
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Circassian National Movement Energized By Kyiv’s Recognition Of Russian...
On January 9, Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada voted overwhelmingly for a resolution declaring that Russian actions during and at the end of the Russian invasion and occupation of Circassia were an act of...
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Development Issues And Directions Of Macau’s Gaming Industry – Analysis
By He Yan Macau, sometimes touted as the "Monte Carlo of the East", is a global casino hub with an economy heavily reliant on the gaming industry. For a long time, this sector has contributed around...
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Eastern European Energy Crisis Could Spell Trouble – Analysis
By Luke Coffey Immediately after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Europe entered an energy crisis. European countries scrambled to diversify away from Russian energy sources. The crisis...
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Vietnam’s New Regime Finds Its Footing – Analysis
By David Brown When Vietnam’s long-time leader Nguyen Phu Trong passed away on 19 July 2024, only the Minister of Public Security, Police General To Lam, was ready to act. All other politicians that...
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How The ‘Amazon Of Europe’ Is Paying The Price Of Hydropower And Poor River...
Restoring the unique ecosystem along the Mura, Drava and Danube rivers is being hampered by controversial water management practices still taking place in protected areas, sometimes under the...
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Myanmar Four Years After The Coup – Analysis
Almost four years after the February 1, 2021 coup in Myanmar, the military junta’s widespread and systematic abuses against the population – including arbitrary arrests, torture, extrajudicial...
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The Philippines-US Alliance: The Biden Legacy – OpEd
On January 14, 2025, U.S. President Joseph R. Biden Jr. delivered his final address at U.S. Department of State. Echoing his past statements, President Biden declared that the world is at an...
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Reflecting On Turkish-American Relations In A Second Trump Term – Analysis
By Selim Koru (FPRI) -- The election of Donald J. Trump for a second term marks a major shift in global politics. It appears that the neoliberal era, marked by free trade and liberal political norms,...
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Joe Biden’s Terrible Legacy – OpEd
The moniker “Genocide Joe” is well deserved and one that Joe Biden can never live down, along with any other names that describe the damage he brought to the country and to the world. His legacy is...
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Experts Weigh Chance Of Success In New South China Sea Case Against Beijing
Philippine officials have suggested that, in the face of grave aggression from China in the South China Sea, new legal action is not a matter of if, but when. Jonathan Malaya, assistant...
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US Confident Israel-Hamas Ceasefire, Hostage Release Deal Will Start Sunday
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he is confident that a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal agreed to by Israel and Hamas will start as scheduled on Sunday and end 15 months of...
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Trump Keeps Tariffs On Table In Call With Denmark On Greenland
By Magnus Lund Nielsen (EurActiv) -- US President-elect Donald Trump did not withdraw his previous threat of targeted tariffs on Danish goods in a phone call with Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, as...
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