The United Nations was established in 1945 with the ambitious goal of preserving international peace, promoting collective security, and preventing future global conflicts. For decades, it has served as the primary forum for diplomacy, conf...
The consequences of major conflicts are rarely confined to the regions in which they occur. While the US–Iran conflict is centred in the Middle East, its effects have already begun to reverberate across distant regions through disrupted sup...
The recent Chinese aggressive behaviour and multi-fronted confrontations, from imposition of draconian laws in Hong Kong, to menacingly targeting Taiwan, suppressing of ASEAN-member states in the South China Sea (SCS) region, trade war with...
With the coming to power of Xi Jinping in 2013, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has adopted a pugnacious foreign policy from direct intervention in Hong Kong to militarising the South China Sea, trade war with the US and border dispute...
In recent years, a new wave of flare up in Sino-Japanese geostrategic competition in the Pacific has galvanised the region by adding traditional and new players into the equation. The once neglected region in the post-Cold War world order, ...
Soon after its formation in 1948, the newly created state of Israel initiated a multidimensional foreign policy in expanding its diplomatic relations with all countries around the world, regardless of their geographical size and political c...
The once politically peaceful, geographically isolated and sea-locked Pacific region is becoming a pawn in the game of power politics among traditional and regional powers over the past years. The assertive and bold Chinese behaviour in the...
The devastating socio-economic nature of climate change and severe weather events is irrefutably felt across the spectrum. From the destructive Australian bushfires, to the hurricanes sweeping through the US and torrential rains that caused...
Over the past two decades, China has widened and deepened its economic and diplomatic footprint in the Pacific Island Countries (PICs). This unprecedented Chinese power posturing in the Blue Pacific region has caused trepidation in the corr...
Climate change and severe weather events is causing environmental catastrophe in the South Pacific region. The region as a whole has experienced innumerable changes in weather patterns that have posed fundamental threats to lives and l...
