Sze-Fung Fee In the face of North Korea and China’s continuous expansion and advancement in their nuclear arsenal in the past decade, the nuclear question for East Asian countries is now more urgent than ever—especially when U.S.’s credibility of extended deterrence has been shrinking since the post-cold war …

Giancarlo Valori “The Illuminati, a mysterious international organisation made up of the world’s top political and social elites, controls the workings of the entire world behind the scenes”. This is the world’s most famous conspiracy theory about the New World Order. For hundreds of years, legends about the …

Anna Bjerde Over the past decade, Romania has achieved a remarkable track record of high economic growth, sustained poverty reduction, and rising household incomes. An EU member since 2007, the country’s economic growth was one of the highest in the EU during the period 2010-2020. Like the rest …

Artyom Garin Over the years, the competition between the great powers in the dual space of the Indian and Pacific Oceans has been rapidly increasing. In the face of the aggravation of relations between the PRC and the United States, the defence dimension of the rivalry between the …

Alan Cunningham War has been around since the dawn of man and is spawned by innate human characteristics. Often, when efforts at resolving conflicts fail diplomatically (be it at the nation or international level), war is what follows and seemingly the only other option. As Clausewitz, the famed …

Giancarlo Valori Serbia has been waiting since 2012 for the European Union to respond to its application to become a full member of the EU. In spite of exhausting negotiations, this response is slow in coming and the main cause of the stalemate has a clear name: Kosovo. …

It is estimated that about three trillion dollars worth of mineral resources have been extracted from Afghanistan’s soil.  Taken from a coal mine in Samanjan Province. All the mentors in the world are now interested in working with the Taliban.  But why?  There are probably multiple reasons for …

Giancarlo Valori In the traditional hydrogen production industry, hydrogen is derived from fossil fuels. It is the most widely used method and there are mature technologies and industrial devices for this purpose. The methods mainly include hydrogen production by partial oxidation of heavy oil, by natural gas steam …

Adyeta Mashweri The unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly known as drones were introduced as a useful means to military, commercial, civilian and humanitarian activities but yet it ends up in news for none of its original purposes. Drones have rather resulted as a means of mass destruction. The …