Paul Mason

Studied Journalism atĀ Arizona State University, USA

Why States Seek to Acquire Nuclear Weapons

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, one of the leading foreign policy interests of powerful states has been to limit the spread of...

Three Sides of a Triangular Relation: India, China and the US

The India-China-US strategic triangle is going to be the most important defining factor in the geopolitical history of the twenty-first century. The United States...

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is Unsustainable

With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991,Ā the threat of nuclear war diminished, nuclear-armed states led a drive to prevent the spread of...

Syrian Civil War: An Overview

Syrian Civil War has been going on for seven years. Already five hundred thousand people have been killed, more than another five hundred thousand...

Is It a Unipolar or Bipolar World?

Before 1990, there were two superpowers in the world. One was the United States of America and the other one was the Soviet Union....

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The New Power Centers of Sports Diplomacy: Cities, Capital, and Code

If power in sport now lives in city halls, boardrooms, and algorithms—not stadiums—how will the U.S. wield cities, capital, and code as it hosts the world’s biggest events over the next decade?

Four Years On, Ukraine’s War Still Refuses to End

Four years on, Ukraine’s war drags across 1,200 km, cities in ruins and millions displaced. Russia entrenched, Kyiv defiant, the West divided—how long can a war of attrition outlast political will before exhaustion decides the peace?

How Timor-Leste Uses Tourism to Cement Its ASEAN Role

After joining ASEAN in 2025, Timor-Leste is leveraging sustainable, high-value tourism to boost soft power, diversify beyond oil, and cement its regional role—positioning itself as Southeast Asia’s next authentic frontier, not its next mass market.

How Far is Cuba From a Total Collapse?

How close is Cuba to collapse? Energy strangulation, fading allies, and Trump’s oil squeeze after Venezuela’s shift have left Havana isolated and rationing. For the first time in decades, the regime’s survival feels uncertain.

The Maghreb’s New Architecture: Beyond the Myth of the Algerian Pillar

Madrid 2026 wasn’t diplomacy—it was redesign. Washington moves past Algeria’s veto politics, backs Morocco’s autonomy plan, and seeds a Tunis-Rabat axis built on energy sovereignty, phosphates, and geo-economic integration. The Maghreb’s balance is shifting.