Opinion – Alliance Shock Revisited: What 1968-69 Means for 2025
If Tokyo and Seoul fail to deepen strategic integration, they risk repeating the illusion that regional security can exclusively rely on a single external great power.
Opinion – China’s Expanding Security Footprint in Africa
The trajectory of China as a long-term player in Africa’s security will be shaped by both its global ambitions and the continent’s own agency.
The Security Council Resolutions on Western Sahara and Gaza: Is Decolonisation in Danger?
Sovereign equality and the illegality of conquest may well give way to an order in which occupation becomes indistinguishable from conquest.
Opinion – The Dual Track Stability of AUKUS and the QUAD
As reaffirmed by the Trump administration, the dual architecture of AUKUS and the Quad is a strategic necessity that benefits all partners.
Opinion – The Emerging Phenomena of ‘Fake’ International Election Observation
As representative democracy faces increasing scrutiny, election observation plays a pivotal role in restoring voter trust.
Hong Kong Fire: Dissent and Alarm under the National Security Law
Hong Kong’s political dormancy looks increasingly brittle: one undeniable governance failure is all it takes for the embers of civic consciousness to flare up again.
AI Companions and the Threat of Weaponized Synthetic Intimacy
Left unregulated, personalised AI systems could become powerful tools of foreign influence.
Trump and the Politics of the Permanent Exception
Democracies persist not by removing sovereignty but by preventing its capture by figures who treat public authority as the extension of their personal will.
Review — The Impetuous Rise of the Global South
This edited collection presents a timely, multidimensional take on the Global South that clarifies Latin America’s role while adding layers to an already crowded debate.
Peace Building Opportunities in the Shadow of Scholasticide in Gaza?
The complete destruction of Gaza’s educational infrastructure presents a tremendous foundational obstacle to peace.
Opinion – Purposive, Not Reactive: Japan’s Museum Diplomacy in Egypt
By investing in institutions that preserve identity and heritage, Japan is constructing influence that outlasts any single loan agreement or connectivity corridor.
Opinion – The Neo-Ottoman Conquest of Damascus: One Year Later
While the future remains uncertain in Syria, the “Neo-Ottoman State-Client System” has seemingly succeeded and will continue to be implemented.
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