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The enduring rivalry between India and Pakistan, fuelled by the unresolved Kashmir dispute and clashing geopolitical ambitions, has surged to dangerous heights following the April 2025 Pahalgam attack. While India has long projected itself as the region’s dominant military power, recent developments underscore Pakistan’s capacity to not only …
May, 2025
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9 May
From Avoiding War to Crisis Management: The Realists’ Strategy on Iran’s Nuclear File
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the United States have entered a sensitive and complex stage. Four years after the diplomatic efforts of 2021 and navigating through periods of heightened tension, both sides have returned to the negotiating table with different approaches. After two rounds of talks and indirect …
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9 May
The Failures of Post-WWII Diplomacy Shaped a World in Permanent Crisis
May 8, 1945, marked not only the defeat of Nazi Germany but also the birth of a new international order. In their relentless quest to prevent a recurrence of such devastation, the victorious Allied powers sought to build a diplomatic architecture rooted in cooperation, economic interdependence, and collective …
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9 May
Tensions between Pakistan and India approaching dangerous levels
India’s response against Pakistan this week follows last month’s deadly attack when Pakistani terrorists fired on a group of Indian tourists in Kashmir. India launched “Operation Sindoor” in the early hours of Wednesday morning local time in both Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Indian officials said the operation targeted …
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2 May
DOGE Is Sabotaging Trump’s China Goals
One of the few consistent elements of the Trump administration’s foreign policy is its hardline approach to China. Key figures such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, both known as long-standing China hawks, are leading a shift in strategic focus away from Russia and the …
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2 May
Why Does the U.S. Want to Control Ukraine’s Mineral Resources?
On February 28, 2025, a highly significant event took place at the Oval Office in the White House, where U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky held a press conference. Zelensky was there to congratulate Trump on his election victory, explain the critical situation Ukraine …
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2 May
Strategizing Amid Chaos: Madness And Irrationality in World Politics
“We are mad, not only individuals, but nations also. We restrain manslaughter and isolated murders, but what of war and the so-called glory of killing whole peoples? …. Man, the gentlest of animals, is not ashamed to glory in blood-shedding and to wage war when even the beasts …
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2 May
Trumpism and the End of Dollar Hegemony
Donald Trump, the current President of the United States, has placed the global economy on a turbulent path with his controversial economic and trade policies. The imposition of tariffs on imports, interference in Federal Reserve monetary policy, and confrontational approaches in foreign affairs have all shaken global confidence …
April, 2025
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29 April
How Canada voted – in charts
Phil Leake, Alison Benjamin, Daniel Wainwright and Jess Carr Data journalism team BBC Mark Carney’s Liberal Party is expected to win enough seats in the House of Commons to form a government in Canada. However, they are still short of the majority they wanted in the House of …
