While experts hold that North Korea’s stockpile is about deterrence, the public’s perception of an offensive posture could shape policy debates towards confrontational strategies.
The UK and Europe would be wise to develop their own sphere of influence before they are subsumed by one not of their own making.
Iran will benefit if it succeeds in forming alliances with regional rivals and restoring dialogue with Europe, while maintaining ties with Russia and China.
The erosion of Europe’s sustainability ambitions underscores that global interdependence cuts both ways.
Barry Buzan explores the evolution of IR, bridging history, theory, and interdisciplinary perspectives to rethink global order beyond Western-centric paradigms.
Brands offers sharp Cold War insights but leans to US centrism, overlooking Global South impacts and alternative perspectives into great-power rivalry.
Illegal market means crime. And criminality cannot be allowed to continue or we all suffer from it eventually.
An overlooked facet of the Gaza war is how it intersects with the struggle to control trade corridors across Eurasia.
There is a disconnect between ASEAN’s Myanmar priorities and its gender strategy in peace and security governance.
Trump’s America First approach, should it fail balance national interests and global diplomacy, may lead to diplomatic isolation for the US.
With Trump’s return, the question is not whether Ukraine will survive, but under whose terms it will exist.
The 2025 Munich Security Conference solidified a decisive shift in international legal discourse, moving from the post-Cold War liberal order toward a framework shaped by realpolitik.
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