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Azhar Azam

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Need to reverse course to reestablish US credibility

President Donald Trump's push to broker a peace deal between Kyiv and Moscow reflects less an instinct for mediation than an impulse to appease. He...

01.10.2025 40

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Azhar Azam

Why Trump is tightening up India's screws

For many years, India successfully leveraged US tensions with China and Russia to its advantage, playing both ends against the middle. On one side,...

28.08.2025 60

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Azhar Azam

EU's extensive wishlist for China

Brussels' readout of the 25th China-EU Summit was replete with charges. It's a significantly harsh tone compared to what European Commission (EC)...

14.08.2025 40

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Trump's belligerence drives a major shift in Indo-Pacific

Donald Trump's implacable belligerence has tutored traditional American allies to quickly adjust to new geopolitical realities or truckle to his...

28.07.2025 50

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G7 risks disappearing into oblivion

The Western efforts to display cohesion on global challenges collapsed after US President Donald Trump left the G7 summit in the middle and...

02.07.2025 30

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Latin America: Beijing's narrative is dominating Washington's

China's engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has been seen as a threat to the US strategic position globally with recommendations of...

02.06.2025 40

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Azhar Azam

BRICS: a challenge to Western-led institutional architecture?

As the Western-led governance system experiences an incessant erosion of credibility over its own predatory and protectionist policies, leading to...

10.05.2025 70

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Biden's belated attempt to divert Africa's critical minerals

In a last-ditch effort to woo Africa and meet his years-long promise of visiting sub-Saharan Africa, lame-duck US President Joe Biden visited...

15.12.2024 5

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Azhar Azam

How China is outsmarting the US in Latin America

In a latest sign of booming relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Lula da Silva upgraded their bilateral relationship and...

07.12.2024 8

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Azhar Azam

Green cold war threatens survival against climate change

China and EU are inching towards a trade war after two sides locked their horns in a battle over tariffs on Chinese electrical vehicles (EVs)....

29.11.2024 8

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Lammy's 'progressive realism' begins from China

Britain's Foreign Secretary David Lammy wrapped up an official trip to China as part of new Labour government's effort to take a "pragmatic"...

03.11.2024 2

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Azhar Azam

Great power struggle for undersea cable dominance

Laid on ocean floor, undersea cables are arteries of international communication, digitalisation and globalisation and lifeblood of global economy....

24.10.2024 2

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Biden's de minimis move risks weakening Harris' campaign

Just days after the Democratic lawmakers urged US President Joe Biden to exercise his executive powers to end a tariff "loophole", his...

29.09.2024 3

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US itself pushing Asean closer to China

A peaceful, stable and resilient region is the lifeblood of ASEAN Community Vision 2025, which is built upon three pillars: Political-Security...

24.08.2024 2

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How Tories drove UK into Islamophobia?

The UK witnessed violent riots for two weeks in the aftermath of the fatal stabbing of three young girls at a dance class in the seaside English...

17.08.2024 6

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