The Reluctant Hegemon and the Vacant Chair: South Asia’s Crisis of Leadership in a Fracturing World Order
There is a particular kind of historical irony that only reveals itself in retrospect when a region blessed with every…
France, Germany, Far-Right Undermining European Stability
A new challenge for Europe: The far-right in Germany and France is gaining strength. It is threatening democracy, the future…
What the Rubio Hearing Revealed : A More Transactional, Security-First America
The June 2nd Congressional hearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs was…
Magyar Challenges Sulyok Over Constitutional Power
The constitutional confrontation in Hungary, which started after the end of the end of the Viktor Orbán’s premiership and the…
North Korea’s New Two-State Strategy
Singapore’s Foreign Minister, Vivian Balakrishnan, recently visited North Korea as part of his wider regional tour. His assessment of the…
The Dragon Tightens Its Coils: China’s Strategic Encirclement of India’s Eastern Flank
There is a peculiar arrogance embedded in the cartographic imagination of the People’s Republic of China — an arrogance rooted…
The Hemisphere Is Shifting: Justice, Accountability, and the Coming Reckoning in Cuba
Having witnessed the Caribbean absorb the aftershocks of geopolitical decisions made in Washington, Havana, Caracas, and Beijing, over the past…
Strengthening ASEAN Frameworks for Effective Conflict Reform
Southeast Asia’s only tool for maintaining stability and conflict management is ASEAN. As all conflict management models are imperfect and…
The Moral Case Against the Castro Regime
There are few issues in Washington that survive changing administrations, shifting geopolitical fashions, and the short attention span of modern…
Meloni and Renzi turn question time into a test of political nerve
ROME: Giorgia Meloni returned to the Senate for premier question time with a familiar ambition, to show command. For an…
