The operationalisation of the Loss and Damage Fund at COP28 marked a significant institutional development in international climate governance, but its establishment has not resolved the deeper political and financial challenges surrounding...
The rapid advancement of 'Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems' (LAWS) has exposed significant gaps in the governance of emerging military technologies. This article examines how autonomous targeting challenges the principles of international ...
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...
More than three decades after the collapse of the Soviet Union, questions surrounding Russia's role in the post-Soviet space continue to shape global geopolitics. Under Vladimir Putin's leadership, Moscow has consistently challenged aspects...
Proxy warfare has long been viewed as an attractive strategic instrument, allowing states to pursue political and military objectives while maintaining plausible deniability and avoiding the costs of direct confrontation. Yet the very auton...
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region occupies a central position within contemporary global supply chains, particularly in sectors such as cotton, textiles, and polysilicon production. As international scrutiny over alleged human rights vi...
The Eastern Mediterranean is emerging as a critical arena of geopolitical competition where maritime disputes, technological innovation, and strategic alignments increasingly intersect. Turkey’s Blue Homeland doctrine, expanding drone diplo...
The situation in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region highlights the growing tension between international human rights norms and geopolitical realities. While global institutions and Western states have imposed sanctions in response to al...
The sinking of the IRIS Dena on 4 March 2026, following a torpedo strike by a United States submarine in the Indian Ocean, marks a rare and consequential escalation in contemporary naval warfare. Occurring within a neutral state’s Exclusive...
The maritime security landscape in the East China Sea has experienced a major and long-term shift in the last ten years, shifting away from the periodical territorial conflicts to a state of long-term strategic rivalry characterised by pers...
In the contested waters of the South China Sea, Vietnam has emerged as a uniquely positioned actor navigating one of the most challenging maritime dilemmas of the 21st century. As a middle power sharing a land border with an assertive China...
In the realm of contemporary strategic politics, military engagement is still considered to be more of a last resort for pursuing one’s own geopolitical objectives. Hence, today’s conventional dichotomy of winning and losing involves more n...
