The Albanese government has a responsibility to try and assist Washington in re-establishing the guardrails in its relationship with China. From the time Australia’s relations with China began to deteriorate in late 2016, a pervasive view among many observers on both sides of the Pacific has been that …
Read More »The wasteland of British politics
When an ugly power play marks the end of the career of a phenomenally successful politician, it presents a painful sight. From all accounts in the British press in the most recent weeks, it was clear that the night of the long knives was approaching for the most …
Read More »China set to boost its modernization drive
National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC), is the highest level decision making platform in Chinese political system, and usually held every five years. The First one was held in 1921, and the current is the 20th National Congress stared on 16 October and will end …
Read More »Changing Roles: Why Countries of Middle East May be Future’s Best-Suited Mediators?
Today’s world, with its current architecture of international relations, has entered a new phase of transformation, one that will take years. As a rule, such developments transpire through an overhaul of the old system with a new one being established instead, which is typically a painful process. The …
Read More »Israel, Lebanon Reach Unprecedented Maritime Border Agreement
The Lebanese presidency’s statement emphasized that the border resolution did not imply recognition of, or any partnership with, the Jewish state. The Lebanese government announced on Tuesday that it had reached a “historic” deal with Israel to resolve the two countries’ maritime border dispute—a dispute made newly relevant …
Read More »How to Avoid Nuclear War Over Ukraine
Military force without diplomacy cannot deliver lasting results and can lead to an unparalleled catastrophe with consequences beyond comprehension. President Joe Biden is right to warn about the potential escalation of the Ukraine crisis into Armageddon. There has been no greater danger of nuclear catastrophe since the Cuban Missile Crisis …
Read More »Why Sanctions Can’t Stop Russia and Iran
The success of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, not Western sanctions, will ultimately decide the outcome of the conflict. Economic sanctions and financial penalties form an integral part of statecraft, whether they are used to pursue geopolitical interests or influence the decisions of other states. Since 1990, the use of …
Read More »An alternative World Order: From the Lens of Russia and Iran
In today’s era, some parties, including the movements of political Islam, Ayatollah Khamenei, the leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, want to disrupt the current world order and initiate such fundamental changes that the world will become recoil. In the …
Read More »Gaslighting the Globe
Is the populace of the world now already under gaslighting? Gaslighting is about continuous psychological manipulation games. Is this something like when the ghosts of technology, pretending their loyal obedience to artificial intelligence, systematically create social media and fake media to create self-doubts and guilt amongst populations, submerge masses …
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