A new world disorder: The Jakarta Post
Indonesia, while it has been spared from Trump's crosshairs thus far, needs to start shoring up support and getting its house in order as the world descends into a new state of…
Moments that made a diplomatic fiasco
Diplomacy is not just about policies and deals but also about personalities, communication, and the careful management of egos.
Zelenskyy vs Trump: Post-American order?
In theory, all want peace. With hundreds of thousands injured or killed and hundreds of billions of foregone revenues and economic destruction, the last people who want to…
The price of disruption and arrogation
By ignoring the responsibility of the aggressor, the United Nations Security Council's resolution on the Russia-Ukraine war inadvertently emboldens dictators and rule-breakers…
Imminent end to proxy war
Europe in limbo as former bitter enemies US and Russia work towards cooperation under a new global order.
Making the Philippines great again
It’s not only the country's growing size but also its deepening resolve that has made it an increasingly pivotal player in the world’s most geopolitically relevant region, the…
There is no such thing as the Global South
A country under attack is a country under attack, and an aggressor country is an aggressor country. This distinction does not change based on whether the country is in the North…
A different America
If President Trump thinks that he can bamboozle the rest of the world into getting what he wants, the rest of the world has ways of making him get a rude awakening.
Trump 2.0: Make China great again?
The second Trump presidency has proven even more disruptive than its first iteration—and perhaps no other power is happier with the direction of Trump’s foreign policy than…
Can US President Trump actually ‘take over’ Gaza?
Whether Mr. Trump can coerce Arab States to get what he wants remains to be seen.