Yen Mo On the right side of the Pacific, the U.S. media is eagerly asking as many scholars as possible whether the unipolar moment is over.  On the left side of the Pacific, East Asian think tanks focused on questioning the sustainability of the U.S.-initiated Indo-Pacific Economic Framework …

Situ Bihara G20 has become the epitome of economic governance since its inception. Its existence for 14 years at the summit level shows its practical purpose in the global arena. As a key grouping, G20 has treated Africa as a subject of development rather than as an active …

Measuring BRICS in single decades, in 2001, BRIC started as an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, and China; Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill claimed that by 2050 the four BRIC economies would come to dominate the global economy. So South Africa was added to BRIC in 2010. The …

Eng. Saleem Al-Batayneh In 1976, I was by then a second-year student at the Faculty of Engineering (Ain Shams University) in Cairo. I attended a lecture by the late Muhammad Hassanein Heikal at the Socialist Union Building on the occasion of Earth Day. Attending that seminar were (Kamal …

Bashar al-Assad’s seemingly triumphant return to the Arab Leaguelast week was another sign of the region returning to the status quo ante. A dozen years ago, the world was seized with the idea that Middle Eastern politics and societies would soon be completely different. Now, Arab governments are …

From May 18 to 19, 2023, industry representatives, academics, and government representatives from the United States, Mexico, and Canada gathered in Washington, D.C., for the first North American Semiconductor Conference (NASC). The conference represented the fulfilment of one important pledge that came out of the annual North American …

Anthony Cordesman The current methods and processes used across the U.S. government to analyze national security fall far short of the requirements necessary to meet the needs of the nation. Strategic analysis has become too limited and does little more than set broad goals without describing how to …

The Quad leaders’ statement clearly reiterated the importance of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the context of the Indo-Pacific. Said the statement: “Today we reaffirm our consistent and unwavering support for ASEAN centrality and unity. We are committed to ensuring the Quad’s work is …

Politics and society are being impacted by social media more and more. Social media has been essential in organizing social movements, amplifying voices, and influencingpolitical discourse, from the Arab Spring revolutions to the Black Lives Matter movement. Social media, at its heart, signifies a profound change in how …