Analysis

John Keane The damage inflicted on the region by European imperialism was not forgotten – a backlash that continues to the present. Anxieties about the fate of liberalism are everywhere rising, as Francis Fukuyama makes clear in his latest defence of ideals he once described as “the endpoint of mankind’s ideological evolution”. …

Alan Cunningham The Intelligence Community (IC) is among the most important aspects of the national security and defense sectors of the United States. They allow for credible and comprehensive intelligence gathering and analysis for various national and human security threats while keeping the United States well defended from …

Wei Hongxu So far this year, the world has experienced a surge in inflation driven by rising energy and commodity prices in the post-pandemic environment, aggravated by global monetary easing and supply chain distortions. Inflation in the United States hit a record high of 7.5% in January. In …

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and China’s support puts “paid” to any lingering notions of an enduring U.S. unipolar moment, and thoughts that a liberal democratic order is the settled future of world governance. Polling in many democratic countries shows a remarkable change of attitudes about deterrence and defense, …

The unfolding events in the post-Soviet space are challenging, but they will not derail our country’s march forward. The unfolding events in the post-Soviet space are challenging, but they will not derail our country’s march forward. The Russian-Ukraine conflict is a tragedy the scale of which the European continent has not experienced since long ago. Just two months prior to the outbreak of this war, Kazakhstan …

While commenting on the political situation in Pakistan — and the no confidence motion which the Pakistan Tehreek E Insaaf (PTI) government led by Pakistani PM Imran Khan is facing on April 3, 2022 — China said that it would not like to interfere in the domestic affairs …

Martha Garcia It is no mystery that Mexico has always subdued itself towards the desires of the United States of America, the imposing neighbor of the north. However, the extremes to which the current government of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is willing to go are rather alarming. He …

Eric Zeusse  On Friday, April 1st, an extremely deceptive news-report from Britain’s Reuters news agency headlined innocuously “Exclusive: U.S. cancels ICBM test due to Russia nuclear tensions”, but a more honest and attention-grabbing headline would have been “We’ve now reached the precipice of WW III.” Here is why: …

Wei Hongxu The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic appears to continuously affecting global trade and investment. Energy issues, raw material issues, and global supply chain shock actually reflect new obstacles to globalization under the influence of populism. These changes also pose new challenges to global capital markets. …