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China’s Balancing Act in the Iran–Israel Conflict: Energy, Diplomacy, and Global South Alignments International Relations Middle East
  • Jun 2025, 27
  • Syarifah Huswatun Miswar
China’s Balancing Act in the Iran–Israel Conflict: Energy, Diplomacy, and Global South Alignments

This article examines how China is navigating its strategic partnerships...

How Multilateralism Crumbles in the Face of the Red Sea Crisis International Relations Middle East
  • Jun 2025, 25
  • Nia Deliana
How Multilateralism Crumbles in the Face of the Red Sea Crisis

This article explores how the Red Sea crisis, escalated by...

War Criminal Calls for More Wars International Relations Middle East
  • Jun 2025, 23
  • Mohammed Ahmed Ali Al-Aini
War Criminal Calls for More Wars

This article takes a critical look at how Prime Minister...

Sacred Islands at Risk: The Faithful Fight Against Extractive Greed Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2025, 20
  • Hening Parlan
Sacred Islands at Risk: The Faithful Fight Against Extractive Greed

This article confronts the human and ecological cost of Indonesia’s...

Indonesia at the Edge: The Fragile Foundations of Prabowo’s Presidency Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2025, 18
  • Geo Dzakwan Arshali
Indonesia at the Edge: The Fragile Foundations of Prabowo’s Presidency

This article analyzes the fragile foundations of President Prabowo Subianto’s...

Sacrificing Sulawesi’s Blue Paradise for Electric Vehicle Ambition Environment and Sustainability South and Central Asia
  • Jun 2025, 16
  • La Ode Vidino Islamy Shaqban
Sacrificing Sulawesi’s Blue Paradise for Electric Vehicle Ambition

This article examines the way in which the electric vehicle...

Malaysia’s Foreign Policy in ASEAN under Anwar Ibrahim International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2025, 13
  • Aniello Iannone
Malaysia’s Foreign Policy in ASEAN under Anwar Ibrahim

This article looks at how Malaysia under Anwar Ibrahim is...

Is TransJakarta the Sustainable Transportation Model Sub-Saharan African Cities Have Been Waiting For? Environment and Sustainability Africa
  • Jun 2025, 11
  • Kerkulah P Nyeleker
Is TransJakarta the Sustainable Transportation Model Sub-Saharan African Cities Have Been Waiting For?

This article explores how Jakarta’s TransJakarta Bus Rapid Transit system...

Whose Standards Matter? The Clash Between Global ESG Norms and Local Realities in the Global South Business and Economy East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2025, 09
  • Nani Septianie
Whose Standards Matter? The Clash Between Global ESG Norms and Local Realities in the Global South

This article discusses how global ESG standards, mainly created within...

A Crisis Ignored: The Rohingya’s Struggle for Rights and a Lasting Solution International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2025, 06
  • Abubakar Muhammad Jibril
A Crisis Ignored: The Rohingya’s Struggle for Rights and a Lasting Solution

This article exposes how over one million Rohingyas stripped of...

Energy Estate as the National Strategic Project, For Whom? Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • Jun 2025, 04
  • Muhammad Arief Virgy
Energy Estate as the National Strategic Project, For Whom?

The Indonesian government's PSN projects, particularly palm oil-based energy estates,...

President Trump's Middle-East Visit: Recalibrating U.S. Foreign Policy and Reshaping the Global Order International Relations Middle East
  • Jun 2025, 02
  • Abdullahi Muhammad Abdullahi
President Trump's Middle-East Visit: Recalibrating U.S. Foreign Policy and Reshaping the Global Order

This article examines how President Trump’s recent Middle East tour...

Indonesia – and The Rest of The Global South- Can’t Afford to Be a Spectator in the New Global Order International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2025, 30
  • Darynaufal Mulyaman
Indonesia – and The Rest of The Global South- Can’t Afford to Be a Spectator in the New Global Order

This article challenges Indonesia’s and much of the Global South...

Gendering Global Trade, Recentering Women’s Labour International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2025, 28
  • Christopher Choong Weng Wai
Gendering Global Trade, Recentering Women’s Labour

This article explores how global trade policies affect women’s labor,...

The Circular Ultimatum: Why We Must Choose Between Recycling Earth or Losing It Environment and Sustainability East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2025, 26
  • Joko Susilo
The Circular Ultimatum: Why We Must Choose Between Recycling Earth or Losing It

This article argues against the illusion that recycling is an...

Who Really Won Syria? International Relations Middle East
  • May 2025, 23
  • Muhammad Khamis Ahmad
Who Really Won Syria?

This article reevaluates the outcome of the Syrian conflict, arguing...

The Emerging Trend of “Green” Resource Nationalism: Lessons from Latin America International Relations Latin America
  • May 2025, 21
  • Muhammad Erza Aimar Rizky
The Emerging Trend of “Green” Resource Nationalism: Lessons from Latin America

As the shift to clean energy intensifies, resource-rich nations in...

When Democracy Becomes Inherited: Dynastic Politics in Asia and Latin America Politics and Society East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2025, 19
  • Muhammad Aqshadigrama
When Democracy Becomes Inherited: Dynastic Politics in Asia and Latin America

This article examines how democracy can paradoxically bolster authority held...

Sacred Stones and Silk Roads: Pakistan’s Place in Global Historical Tourism Thinkers South and Central Asia
  • May 2025, 16
  • Muhammad Yaseen
Sacred Stones and Silk Roads: Pakistan’s Place in Global Historical Tourism

This article analyses how to reorient Pakistan from a forgotten...

From Massacre to Retaliation: The 2025 Pahalgam Attack and the Escalating India-Pakistan Conflict International Relations South and Central Asia
  • May 2025, 14
  • Syeda Dur-e-Nayab
From Massacre to Retaliation: The 2025 Pahalgam Attack and the Escalating India-Pakistan Conflict

This article examines the 2025 Pahalgam massacre of 26 pilgrims...

A Familiar Fear: Kashmir's Terror Reawakens International Relations South and Central Asia
  • May 2025, 12
  • Muhammad Farhan Yaumil Ramadhan
A Familiar Fear: Kashmir's Terror Reawakens

This article explores the April 2025 Pahalgam massacre as a...

Starvation and Silence: The Human Cost of the Forgotten Yemen War International Relations Middle East
  • May 2025, 09
  • Nur Afeerah Azman
Starvation and Silence: The Human Cost of the Forgotten Yemen War

This article examines the ongoing war in Yemen as a...

Structures in Motion: Indonesia’s Strategic Hedging and the Struggle for Autonomy in the Indo-Pacific International Relations East Asia and the Pacific
  • May 2025, 07
  • Aniello Iannone
Structures in Motion: Indonesia’s Strategic Hedging and the Struggle for Autonomy in the Indo-Pacific

This article analyzes Indonesia’s strategic hedging in the Indo-Pacific, spotlighting...

Freedom of Expression versus Sacred Boundaries: Interrogating the ECOWAS Decision on Blasphemy Laws in Northern Nigeria Politics and Society Africa
  • May 2025, 05
  • Samaila Ali
Freedom of Expression versus Sacred Boundaries: Interrogating the ECOWAS Decision on Blasphemy Laws in Northern Nigeria

This article examines the ECOWAS Court’s ruling against Nigeria’s Kano...

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