Only when Sri Lanka’s leaders prioritise political reconciliation over perpetual securitisation will the logic of a leaner military truly take hold.
Gender responsive measures must be substantial, a step away from performative virtue signaling, and not falling prey to pink and green washing.
The central question is whether Iran can restore its economic and strategic standing post-conflict, or if the situation will exacerbate its global challenges.
The Israeli genocide in Gaza is a multi-faceted system of violence that combines kinetic war with infrastructural destruction, digital isolation, humanitarian deception, and settler futurism.
Outsiderness in the Arctic is not a fixed condition but rather a relational and narrated identity for states such as Turkey and France, and institutions like the EU.
Climate resilience strategies, investment flows, and urban development plans are all increasingly shaped by living models of the real world.
A gendered lens reveals that Taiwan’s exclusion from multilateral institutions is not a passive condition but an active structuring of inequality.
BRICS faces a significant challenge from rising international tensions and only time will tell whether the expanded grouping can overcome such difficulties.
The June 2025 confrontation reveals fundamental shifts in regional power dynamics that challenge established assumptions about strategic strength and deterrence.
The Argentine experience demonstrates how academic institutions can domesticate soft power initiatives, reshaping them through their own values and legal traditions.
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