Israel, Iran and the New Middle Eastern Chessboard

Habib Badawi • Jul 8 2025 • Articles

The June 2025 confrontation reveals fundamental shifts in regional power dynamics that challenge established assumptions about strategic strength and deterrence.

Confucius Institutes in Argentina and China’s Soft Power Strategy

Mauricio Percara • Jul 8 2025 • Articles

The Argentine experience demonstrates how academic institutions can domesticate soft power initiatives, reshaping them through their own values and legal traditions.

China’s Global Hegemony Strategy

Fatih Beyaz • Jul 8 2025 • Articles

In China’s vision of the future, hegemony will be achieved not only through military bases and alliances, but also through control of norms and algorithms.

Review – The International Arbitration of Territorial Disputes

Trinidad Cruz • Jul 7 2025 • Features

Siniver offers a sharp, original take on arbitration’s political role, but the book overlooks key contrasts with adjudication and broader geopolitical reluctance.

The Limits of Israel’s Degradation Strategy Against Iran’s Network State

Andreas Krieg • Jul 5 2025 • Articles

Iran’s system is not a command-and-control state but a strategic web that is hard to map, harder to break, and built for survival.

Beyond Superpowers: Forging a Resilient Future for East Africa Through Diversified Partnerships

Sinmyung Park • Jul 4 2025 • Articles

USAID’s suspension is a catalyst for strategic realignment, indicating that the era of reliance on superpower patronage is over.

Opinion – Argentina’s Javier Milei Shows his Teeth

Richard M. Sanders • Jul 4 2025 • Articles

How Milei would behave in an environment of greater freedom of action than he now enjoys is an open question.

Sovereignty Performed, Regionalism Denied: What the Thai-Cambodian Clash Reveals

Aniello Iannone • Jul 4 2025 • Articles

If ASEAN cannot act when its own members threaten regional peace, it risks becoming irrelevant.

Why ‘Global’ Conferences Aren’t Global

Ann-Murray Brown • Jul 1 2025 • Articles

Global conversations are often shaped without those most affected and structural barriers keep Global South voices out of key international forums.

Opinion – Oligarchic Constitutionalism in Europe? A Warning from Within

Salvador Santino Regilme • Jun 30 2025 • Articles

Europe may be evolving toward a constitutional order where governance appears democratic in form, but increasingly functions in ways that reproduce oligarchic power.

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