Bureaucracy over Blood: West Papua’s Ongoing Fight for Independence
One half of the larger island of Papua, West Papua remains one of the most contested regions in the Asia-Pacific region. Currently, West Papua...
How a ‘Model Democracy’ finds itself in the midst of Geopolitical Tensions – Taiwan...
Taiwan’s Political Landscape after the 2024 Elections
On January 13, 2024, Taiwanese voters elected the island’s 8th president, William Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive...
Beyond American Guardianship: New Dynamics and Dilemmas in Persian Gulf Security
The Persian Gulf, located at the vital geopolitical intersection and crisscrossed by major global energy corridors, has long held a main place in international...
If the Land Disappears, Does the Nation? The Tuvalu Question
East of Australia and north of New Zealand lies Tuvalu, a constellation of nine low-lying coral islands scattered across the Pacific Ocean. None rises...
Canada as Europe’s Trump Card
The return of Donald Trump to the White House in 2024 had profound effects on the established structure of interstate relationships within the transatlantic...
The Optics of Doing “Something”
In the months following Donald Trump's reelection and inauguration as President of the United States, many of his political opponents began to share a...
Congo’s Forgotten War: Who Benefits?
For three decades, the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been trapped in a conflict whose origins lie not in its own borders, but...
Red, White, and Blueland: The Greenland Purchase That Never Was
“I don't really know what claim Denmark has to it, but it would be a very unfriendly act if they didn’t allow that to...
Between Giants: Turkey’s Central Asia Tightrope
In 2021, Turkish President Erdoğan received a map of the Turkic world by the representative of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), which notably included...
The Realist Nehru: Continuity in India’s Foreign Policy
“India’s new foreign policy marks not so much a repudiation of Nehru as a reinterpretation of his emphasis on autonomy and national interest.”
— C....
