Parth Seth is a research fellow at India Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank. He studies the geopolitics and issues of connectivity and multilateralism, particularly of the Middle East and North Africa.
Parth Seth is a research fellow at India Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank. He studies the geopolitics and issues of connectivity and multilateralism, particularly of the Middle East and North Africa.
Poland is widening its Asia-Pacific outreach through resilience diplomacy, defence partnerships, and economic cooperation, reflecting a broader EU middle-power push to adapt to shifting geopolitics and strategic uncertainty.
Peace in North Africa starts where reform begins — in Tunis. A free, open, and U.S.-backed Tunisia can anchor a Tunis–Rabat corridor of prosperity, breaking Algeria’s grip and making peace truly infectious.
BRICS gathers in Brazil as a fractured bloc—big on numbers, short on unity. From Putin’s absence to China-India snubs, the summit exposes BRICS’ slide from power player to a babel of clashing voices.
From Kananaskis to Abu Dhabi: As the G7 flounders, the Global South rises—China at its core. The GSEF in Abu Dhabi signals shifting power, norms, and a new centre of global gravity.
Prabowo skips G7 for Russia’s Davos. Signs $2.29B investment deal with Putin, backs BRICS vision. Jakarta’s message: Indonesia isn’t picking sides—but it won’t be sidelined in the new world order.
rump’s foreign policy is all talk, little result—rhetoric over resolve, deals over diplomacy. From Gaza’s ruin to Ukraine’s submission and India’s unease, it’s deterrence by tweet, diplomacy by transaction.
Middle powers are the new glue in a fracturing world — agile, trusted, and collaborative. As great powers clash, it's the middle powers that can connect, stabilize, and shape a shared global future.
In a rare and highly sensitive move, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) convened behind closed doors to discuss the security situation between India...
Kim still wants a deal. Trump still wants a legacy. A summit could deliver both. Don’t dismiss diplomacy—North Korea’s nukes aren’t destiny. Time is short, but the door isn’t shut.
Armenia and Azerbaijan have a draft peace deal—yet old wounds, new tensions, and geopolitical games keep it unsigned. A treaty within reach, but war still looms.
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 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?
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 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.
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.
