The impoverished West African state of Niger is the latest flashpoint in the struggle by the imperialist powers for a redivision of the world. The issues involved in the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine — a fight for territory, strategic resources and regime change — are erupting all over …

Athar Ali The Cobweb Model of Complex Interdependence constituting globalization is intricate and encompasses the entire international arena. As a result of the complex network of digital connections and global cooperation, business, information sharing, and multilateral diplomacy have undergone revolutionary shifts. Even while trade, travel, and technology communicated …

Sarah Neuman As time passes and Russia consolidates its defense positions in the territories of Ukraine that it occupies, the prospects of a swift victory are diminishing increasingly. The statement of General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the United States Army, in …

Buree Sultan The insightful framework of Graham-Allison’s thesis and the ominous Thucydides Trap shed light on the contrasting paradigms of two nations and two different systems aligned to get global dominance. The thesis has the historical backgrounds that drove the conflicts as inevitable results between the rising global …

As of late Tuesday evening, August 8, 2023, countries expressing their intent to join BRICS account for 60% of known global oil/gas reserves. At the very least, this means 60 percent of the worlds oil sales will take place in a currency OTHER THAN the U.S. Dollar, once …

The coup in the West African state of Niger on July 26 and the Russia-Africa Summit the next day in St. Petersburg are playing out in the backdrop of multipolarity in the world order. Seemingly independent events, they capture nonetheless the zeitgeist of our transformative era, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, …

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology are rapidly evolving fields that have the potential to transform the global economy. These technologies enable faster, cheaper, and more secure transactions and have the potential to increase financial inclusion, reduce corruption, and promote economic growth. As one of the largest economies in Southeast …

Eng. Saleem Al Batayneh The Polish poet of contradictions, Nobel Prize winner in literature in 1996, Wisława Szymborska, says (I apologize for big questions with small answers!). Today we have a new story and a message of frustration for an issue that stirred controversy and interaction on social …

Dr. Arshad Khan When Iran and Saudi Arabia resumed diplomatic relations in March after seven years, the power broker was, not the US, but China.  Waning US influence seems to have woken up our president who has been sleep-walking through his term of office.  That and the prospect …