The world is distracted. The war in the Middle East has fractured supply chains, unsettled oil markets, and redirected the gaze of policymakers and investors toward the Gulf and beyond. Yet while global attention fixates on conflict, a quieter, more consequential story is unfolding across 54 nations and 1.4 billion people. Africa — long mischaracterized […]
When the Air Force One lifted off from Beijing Capital International Airport on the morning of May 15, 2026, the question hanging over the departure was the same one that has followed every US-China summit in the post-engagement era: what, concretely, was achieved? The answers, delivered since, have turned out to be familiar — a […]
In its role as the primary mediator between the United States and Iran, Pakistan has sought to be all things to both sides. Neither is convinced. Read More Here
Chinese and US leaders are likely to focus on stability and achievable outcomes rather than breakthroughs when they meet in Beijing. Read More Here
How Trump and Xi could cement Beijing’s advantage for years to come. Read More Here
When the leaders of China and the United States speak or meet, the world pays attention. Read More Here
When Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025 and doubled down on his America First doctrine — imposing sweeping tariffs of up to 145% on Chinese goods, pressuring NATO allies, stepping back from multilateral institutions, and pursuing a transactional foreign policy stripped of ideological pretence — he did so in the name of […]
The conflict complicates life for the custodians of Middle Eastern oil fortunes. Read More Here
Policymakers have not understood that the Iran War is more akin to Vietnam than Iraq. Read More Here
In the Persian language, the word ruh carries a weight that the English word ‘spirit’ only partially translates. It is at once the animating breath of the living and the residual force of the dead. The ruh does not simply vanish when its vessel is extinguished. It permeates the world it once shaped, bending the […]
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