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The collapse: The big and small or young and old institutions across the free world are mostly on the dance floors in conga lines happily pulling and dragging the movements on exotic tempos but not fully awakened yet to realize that the wedding between the public and the …

With a growing economic and political influence, China has played increasingly significant roles in world affairs.  China has gained critical power in Southeast Asia and Africa in recent years.  Meanwhile, the latest Chinese proposal for peacefully solving the ongoing war in Ukraine has further proven China’s ambition to …

On 04 March, Rena Lee, President of the UN Intergovernmental Conference on Marine Biological Diversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), announced that “the ship has reached the shore,” referring to the last compromise and successfully negotiated to stumble block of this historic treaty, which marked the apogee …

US-China rivalry will affect various states, which have good relations with both (China and U.S). After the disintegration of the Soviet Union, China and the U.S. have been ambitious in strategically influencing the Central Asia region. Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a part of China’s grand strategy …

The agreement between Tehran and Riyadh to normalize the relations between the two countries and “resuming diplomatic relations within two months and reopening their embassies and political representatives”, which was initiated by Chinese President Xi Jinping and was published in a surprising manner in Beijing, if implemented, it …

The United Arab Emirates has mastered playing both sides against the middle. In the game’s latest iteration, the Gulf state earned significant brownie points in Washington this week by withdrawing a draft United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement activity. The replacement of the draft resolution, which …

Ankara is paying great attention to the security problems germinating in the southern borders of Turkey. This issue has become especially important for Turkey, given that it is on the eve of its presidential and parliamentary elections, which are to be held in June this year. Interestingly, President …

Natural disasters have a unique ability to unite people as a nation. However, if the state is run by a divisive figure, these disasters can tear countries apart. Such may be the reality of Turkey, reeling from the most catastrophic earthquake in its centennial history, right at the …

James Dorsey If played well, security is the United States trump card in stabilizing relations with its Gulf partners and competing with China for regional influence. In a just-released report, Middle East scholar and former Pentagon official Bilal Y. Saab argued that security entails far more than arms …