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 …

Nadia Hilmi The security issue in China occupied a central position in the foreign policies of the ruling Communist Party, so “security” has become one of the objectives of China’s internal and external policy. It is achieved by following preventive and remedial measures, and China aims behind it …

Antonio Gracefo On July 26, 2023, a group of Nigerien army officers calling themselves the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (Conseil National pour la sauveguarde de la patrie, CNSP) laid siege to the presidential palace in Niamey, the country’s capital. Shortly after, coup leader, Gen. …