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.
Despite best attempts of the international community, the situation in Afghanistan has not been straightforward over the past years and even decades. The change...
Putting an end to all speculations and discussions, Bangladesh officially expressed its interest in getting membership in the BRICS on June 14, 2023. The request...
Following other regional middle power states and the Quad countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh on April 24 announced its own outlook...
In all this discourse surrounding semiconductor chips, we have seemingly forgotten the conductive material that makes it all possible - copper. Having accompanied man...
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.
