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For the past two decades, Russia has been dominating this fight for the Arctic, building up its fleet of nuclear-capable icebreakers, ships and submarines, developing more mining and oil well operations along its 15,000 miles of Arctic coastline, racing to capture control of the new “Northern Sea Route” …

Zain Syed  My fascination with international trade has always been both intriguing and unsurprising. As a scholar of the contemporary global political economy, my focus was naturally predisposed to the political thought underpinning respective national policies – especially in the milieu of international relations after World War II. …

Kester Klomegah Russia’s ‘special military operation’ and the emerging multipolar world seem to be pushing Ukrainian President Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to prioritize Africa. Ukraine, during this critical time, is optimizing its diplomatic relations with the continent, that was never previously. Records however show that its agricultural goods, …

Samreen Raza  Energy is the backbone of any country’s economy. It plays a significant role in socio-economic prosperity of a country. Energy can be in any form, such as oil, natural gas, or LNG. These resources of energy are in high demand as they produce electricity too. These …

Richard Caroll Despite the current glut of article’s questioning the status of the currency of the United States and its role as the global reserve currency, the US dollar will continue to be the world’s reserve currency for an indefinite period of time. Even though the People’s Republic …

Russia and Iran are building a new transcontinental trade route stretching from the eastern edge of Europe to the Indian Ocean, a 3,000–kilometer (1,860–mile) passage that’s beyond the reach of any foreign intervention, informs Bloomberg. It’s an example of how Great Power’ competition is rapidly reshaping trade networks …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh I have been discussing the latest incidents in Jordan with a number of political and security strategist in the West who voiced their support to government measures to counter violence. They reiterated their full support to Jordan as a stable country whose stability is a …

Dr. Shehab Al-Makahleh Almost a year ago, his majesty King Abdullah II had a meeting with a group of British journalists in London during his stopover after his participation in the climate summit in Glasgow. King Abdullah II said that what worries him most is the failure to …

Walt Garlington The written, democratic constitution continues to be the norm lionized by the so-called ‘civilized nations’ of the West, upheld as the best way to organize society that mankind has come up with. For that reason, a little more analysis of them is in order. Two main …