Foreign Policy

Did the UAE Have a Hand in Kazakhstan’s Abraham Accords Accession?

Abu Dhabi-backed Kazakhstan joining the Abraham Accords globalizes the “circle of peace,” trading geopolitics and optics for tech, capital, and surveillance—stretching Israel normalization beyond MENA into Greater Eurasia.

Russia’s Rightful Defense and the Global Consequences of the Russia-Ukraine War

Russia’s war isn’t imperial conquest—it’s a mirror to U.S. actions during the Cuban Missile Crisis. NATO at its doorstep is Moscow’s red line, just as Cuba was for America. Survival, not supremacy.

Donald Trump’s Geopolitical Game and Vladmir Putin’s Rapprochement

Donald Trump's handling of the conflict in Ukraine reached its turning point with the high-level meetings between Russian and US diplomats in Riyadh, Saudi...

Middle East, Minor Shift: What Sugiono’s Qatar Visit Reveals About Indonesia’s Diplomatic Focus

Foreign Minister Sugiono’s visit to Qatar on March 5, 2025, was a noteworthy but not earth-shattering step in continuing Indonesia’s diplomatic outreach in the...

“Reverse Kissinger” or Status Quo: What Trump 2.0 Means for the China-Russia Relationship

Could the American-Russian rapprochement initiated by the Trump administration put an end to the alliance between Moscow and Beijing? Russia and China have established a...

Trump’s Diplomatic Masterstroke: A Grand Realignment in American Geopolitics

Dr. Shoaib Baloch’s Trump’s Diplomatic Coup is an articulate critique of President Trump’s approach to foreign policy, yet it ultimately falls into the familiar...

Trump’s Maximum Pressure Approach Vis-a-Vis Iran: Key Challenges

Ever since taking over as US President, Donald Trump has given confused signals regarding his administration’s approach vis-à-vis Iran. On the one hand, he...

Trump’s Diplomatic Coup

“We have no eternal allies, and we have no perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty...

Will Georgia Join BRICS?

Having unilaterally suspended EU accession plans until 2028, Tbilisi could seek entry into the semi-formal, Russian-led alliance as a means of strengthening their hand...

Second Term, New Directions: Trump’s Approach to Central Asia

As the Donald Trump administration took office for the second term, its policies toward Central Asia—a region of growing geopolitical and economic importance assumed...

Bangladesh After Hasina: What’s Next for Moscow?

The sudden exit of longtime Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has thrown Bangladesh into uncertainty. Hasina held an iron grip on power since 2009, but...

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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.