The Return of Strategic Uncertainty The Middle East has returned to center stage in US foreign policy. Donald Trump’s return to politics has already been preceded by spectacle, bombastic language, and real shifts in US military deployments. To Washington, the Gulf is geopolitically irreplaceable: it offers nearly half …
Read More »From Swords to Algorithms: Reimagining Sun Tzu in the Age of AI
The Art of War by Sun Tzu has been the basis of all strategy in the hundreds of years before and even in modern times, specifically in schools of warfare. Its classic values, such as deception, intelligence, restraint, and speed, are still the pillars of war. The character …
Read More »AI and the Human Mind: How Generative Tools Reshape Behaviour, Learning, and Social Connection
With the advent of 21st-century technology advancements, the world has been reshaped in a way that extends beyond traditional human capabilities. Among these innovations, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) stand out as transformative forces that change how we think, learn, and work. In academia AI tools now …
Read More »Trump’s Intervention: Path to Peace or Political Ploy?
President Donald Trump has asked Israel to stop its bombing of Gaza following Hamas’s agreement to release hostages and part of a U. S. peace plan, suggesting that the ongoing conflict, which has lasted two years, might end soon. Israel plans to implement the first stage of the …
Read More »China’s Authoritarian Model: Stability Today, Risks Tomorrow?
This has become necessary, with China’s meteoric growth, still under the ruthless stewardship of the Communist Party, in recent decades, to re-examine the very architecture of authoritarian rule, which, somehow or in any other way, as long-malignant remnant of the past, a seemingly existing, even ominous model of …
Read More »“Trump’s Strategic Game in the Middle East: War or Peace?”
Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh As the Middle East teeters on the edge of what could become a major regional realignment, a complex web of calculations involving Iran, Israel, the United States, and key European players unfolds at an accelerated pace. The region appears to be inching toward a moment …
Read More »5 Ways to Curb Iran’s Oil Exports to China
Better enforcement of the re-imposed snapback sanctions on Iran could have a decisive effect on its oil exports to China. With the UN “snapback” sanctions back in force, the regime in Tehran finds itself more isolated and under pressure. The measures reinstate the zero enrichment standard and reimpose …
Read More »Kazakhstan Eyes Pakistani Ports as Regional Trade Transit Hubs
Sahibzada M. Usman If you glance at a map, Kazakhstan’s situation jumps out right away. It’s huge, resource-rich, and stuck in the middle of land with no direct path to the sea. That’s been both its strength and its burden. Strength, because it’s central in Eurasia; burden, because …
Read More »President Trump’s Peace proposal lacks practical solutions
Zamir Awan It is appreciated that President Trump has announced a peace proposal after meeting Netanyahu. He announced a twenty-point proposal covering several aspects, but with a warning that if Hamas rejects his proposal, he will support Netanyahu to manage Gaza as per his way. The instant reaction …
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