The Revolutionary New Dynamics of the 2025 National Security Strategy of the United States
The NSS 2025 shares an unrealistic belief that simply being the world’s predominant in power will inevitably deliver positive outcomes for the United States.
The State of China’s Soft Power in 2025
China’s gains are hard to deny, but five years are not enough to define a new paradigm of attraction in international relations.
The Hedley Bull – Ali Mazrui Dialogue as a Metaphor for IR
The intellectual relationship between Mazrui and Bull remains one of the most instructive cross-civilizational dialogues in the history of IR.
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.
