Calm waters, clear minds: A maritime view on peace
A maritime professional reflects on lessons from shipping that can inspire pathways to peace, emphasizing dignity, dialogue, and shared responsibility across divided communities
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No concessions: Greece will sink the “Blue Homeland”
Türkiye’s “Blue Homeland” strategy challenges international law and regional stability. Greece responds with deterrence, diplomacy, and alliances, declaring zero tolerance for revisionism and blackmail. Sovereignty is non-negotiable, and the Aegean remains a frontline of resistance
After Alaska: The various breakthroughs of the Trump–Putin summit
The Trump–Putin summit in Alaska reshapes global geopolitics, marking Russia’s return from pariah to partner, sidelining Europe, shifting burdens to Ukraine, and unveiling America’s strategy to counter China through renewed U.S.–Russia cooperation
Alaska Summit: How global media interpreted the Trump–Putin encounter
This article examines how leading outlets from the U.S., Russia, Ukraine, Europe, and China covered the Alaska Summit, revealing conflicting narratives, political agendas, and the broader geopolitical stakes of an inconclusive diplomatic meeting
Alaska showdown: Putin’s gambit on thin ice
At the Alaska showdown between Trump and Putin, the spectacle masks a perilous Russian gambit—one so costly and brittle it risks cracking under the weight of its own ambitions
Losing India: How Trump’s Asia policy hands China the upper hand
Trump’s tariff threats and Pakistan overtures risk destroying decades of U.S.–India cooperation, inadvertently pushing New Delhi toward Beijing’s embrace while undermining America’s Indo-Pacific strategy against Chinese expansion
Stockholm shuffle: The art of saying everything and nothing in trade talks
As U.S. and Chinese officials exit the Stockholm trade talks with clashing narratives, the world watches a masterclass in strategic ambiguity—where diplomatic success and stalemate depend entirely on who’s doing the talking
Tibetan currents: China’s grand hydro-play and regional power
China’s Yarlung Tsangpo dam project reshapes Asia’s energy and geopolitical balance, sparking environmental concerns, downstream tensions, and a high-stakes test of regional diplomacy in one of the world’s most sensitive river basins
Summit of silence: How EU and China talked past each other
The 25th EU–China Summit exposed fundamental fractures in global diplomacy, revealing how economic interdependence and geopolitical rivalry create an increasingly complex web of international relations
Axis and equator: Diverging blueprints for global order
As NATO and the SCO convene on opposite ends of the geopolitical map, their visions for global security reveal not just competing interests—but fundamentally different beliefs about power, cooperation, and the very nature of peace