Anna Lobanova and Randi Kristiansen Secure and sustainable energy systems are a key driver of economic growth and social development. Together with technological innovations, which open new opportunities, the modern world faces emerging challenges to future progress including energy security issues. ESCAP defines energy security as “a concept which …

Contrary to the concerns that many had about the likelihood of another tense confrontations between the U.S. and China during the G20 summit, the first in-person meeting between the leaders of the two most powerful countries—Joe Biden of the U.S. and Xi Jinping of China—delivered a quite hopeful …

Leaders of Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states have repeatedly said that they will follow an independent foreign policy, and would not like to view complex geopolitical issues from simplistic binaries. In the aftermath of the US withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), during the Presidency …

The world, functioning in its numerous forms and dimensions, is primarily perceived and misperceived by individuals through the faculty of the human Mind. A factor that creates a significant difference vis-a-vis human beings and other species is the complex cognitive ability possessed by humans. The mind is fundamentally …

Eric Zeusse  Bill LaPlante, the Pentagon’s chief weapons-buyer (“Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment”) spoke on November 4th at the neoconservative-neoliberal George Mason University, near the Pentagon, and announced that soon after the next Congress becomes elected on November 8th, the existing Congress will overwhelmingly vote …

In an era where polarization wields enormous clout, more politicians are driven to pander to partisan extremes and stray from the middle. On foreign policy issues, both parties have turned the dial up eleven and played up the “China threat”. However, as a group that has long been …

The Biden Administration has been expanding sanctions against the electronic industry of China. In turn, Silicon Valley companies are being increasingly viewed as a major instrument of big politics. However, the “geopoliticization” of the IT industry on the part of Washington threatens to further undermine the international positions …

Tomofey Bordachev Indeed, the question of why inpiduals (in our case, inpidual states) must abide by rules is the most fundamental one in political philosophy. Despite all its imperfection, mankind has not yet invented a way to achieve this, even in minimal volumes, other than to use force. …

Naseem Javed  Unless we are bold enough to face harsh realities and seek collaborative solutions; the lollipopians can hide under blankets of political correctness, while ‘seek and destroy’ doctrine gets ready for a diaper-change. The Western Economies are struggling to save themselves from imploding from inside or exploding from …