Israel-Gaza Conflict

Gaza War: Threat of Major Regional Escalation

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued an interim ruling on possible genocide in Gaza, causing mixed reactions between Israel and Palestinians. While Israel is relieved that the ICJ did not call for a ceasefire, it would be upset...
Morocco

Morocco Outmanoeuvre South Africa at UN Human Rights Council

South Africa's International Relations and Cooperation Minister, Naledi Pandor, was delighted when Bafana Bafana beat Morocco to reach the Africa Cup of Nations quarter-finals. However, Morocco's unexpected defeat of South African Ambassador Mxolisi Nkosi in the 2024 United Nations Human...
Red Sea

Red Sea’s Secrets: Insights from the Ghost of Richelieu

The author recalls holding a séance with Richelieu's Ghost in Paris, where he was summoned by the Cardinal. He bought a magnum of Chateau Petrus and walked through the Parisian netherworld, passing through 19th-century brickwork, medieval stonework, and Roman ruins....
US-China

Beijing slams US for deporting Chinese students

Beijing has criticized the United States for interrogating tens of Chinese students per month at American airports since November. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin claimed that at least eight Chinese students had been deported groundlessly by US immigration authorities...
Liu Jianchao

China’s top envoy in shaping US-China relations

Chinese career diplomat Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has pledged to change the country's image of "wolf warrior" diplomacy and increase cooperation between China and the United States. Liu is seen as...
Taiwan

Taiwan’s Political Parties Seek Defense Boosts

Taiwan's presidential and parliamentary elections held on January 13 were significant in the Indo-Pacific this year. Unlike the larger elections in Indonesia and India, which will involve larger countries and more voters, Taiwan's elections demonstrate the thriving democracy in the...
Trump

Challenges Might Adults in Room Face in Trump 2.0 Administration

Since Donald Trump's rise to power, it has become difficult for anyone to ignore the US presidential elections. Japan, America's closest ally in Asia, has been urging Trump not to make any deals with China that could disrupt years of...
Iraq-Iran

Iraq and Iran’s Involvement in the Tower 22 Attack

Tower 22 is a US base in Jordan, located across the border from a US base in Al Tanf, Syria, which was attacked on January 28th, killing three American soldiers and injuring 47 more. Eight American soldiers were evacuated after...
Kim Jong-un

North Korea’s Threats: Rhetoric or Reality

The Korean War ended over 70 years ago, and a tense peace has prevailed on the Korean peninsula. The two Koreas have exchanged artillery fire, battled in economic and diplomatic arenas, and even secretly dispatched spies to each other's territory....
Chinese President Xi Jinping

Xi Jinping’s Social Engineering in Shaping China’s Future

Xi Jinping's political philosophy, Xi'ism, aims to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics to realize socialist modernization and national rejuvenation. It promotes 14 fundamental principles, including a people-centered approach, law-based governance, core socialist values, harmony between humans and nature,...
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