Society

What happens when the world’s oldest traditions are combined with cutting-edge digital technologies? Faith and diplomacy could just discover their next revolution. In the not-too-distant past, religious leaders had to travel across boundaries to address their people. Today, they use social media platforms, AI-powered assistants, and virtual services …

The year 2025 is proving to be a pivotal moment in the global political landscape, marking a significant shift from globalism to regionalism. As traditional multilateral institutions become less effective, regional organizations are stepping up to tackle key economic, security, and shared challenges. This new wave of regionalism …

“Warfare is the greatest affair of state, the basis of life and death, the way to survival or extinction. It must be thoroughly pondered and analyzed.”-Sun-Tzu, The Art of War In an impressively-prepared television documentary, The Fog of War, one-time US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara warns about …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

“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 …