Lucas Daley is a third-year undergraduate studying economics and politics at Oberlin College. He speaks Russian and has previously interned at think tanks in India and Georgia, where his research focused on Russia-South Asia relations.
Lucas Daley is a third-year undergraduate studying economics and politics at Oberlin College. He speaks Russian and has previously interned at think tanks in India and Georgia, where his research focused on Russia-South Asia relations.
From Pax Americana to Pax Transactional: the Middle East now reflects a world of deals, shifting alignments, and selective power. As old orders fade, can rising powers turn chaos into opportunity?
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 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.
The international system is undergoing a profound transformation, marked by a shift from a unipolar to a multipolar world order. In this evolving landscape,...
Successive governments under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to build India’s external identity by combining two elements -- India cannot tolerate...
The repeated and awkward statements by Brazil’s President, Lula da Silva, and his Advisor for International Affairs and de facto Secretary of State, Celso...
This analysis examines the reasons behind recent recalibration of Serbia`s foreign policy within, primarily, its partnership network in the East. Serbia has been increasingly...
The article argues that success of India’s foreign policy has been contingent on three pillars such as Strategic Autonomy, Multialignment and Soft Power. India...
BRICS+ offers vast potential in trade, technology and local currency cooperation, but geopolitical rivalries and divergent strategic priorities will shape whether it emerges as a cohesive force or remains a loose coalition.
BRICS may not end dollar dominance, but it is accelerating a shift toward a more multipolar financial order where currencies, influence, and economic power are becoming increasingly contested.
Japan and South Korea can no longer afford fragmented security policies. In a Taiwan-Korea dual contingency, coordination is no longer strategic preference, but the foundation of deterrence and regional stability.
As Gulf tensions rise, Pakistan has quietly become the channel neither Washington nor Tehran can afford to lose. Islamabad’s diplomacy is no longer reactive; it is positioning itself at the center of crisis management.
The Epstein case is no longer just about one predator. It’s about whether Western institutions can investigate power honestly — or whether wealth, influence, and secrecy will always outrun accountability.
