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Foteini Garyfallidou
Jan 113 min read
Democracy in the Mirror of China's Governance Model
2024 will be remembered as a year when liberal democracies worldwide grappled with unprecedented instability. France cycled through four...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Dec 24, 20243 min read
Trump’s Anti-China Trade Gambit - Uncertainty Is The Only Certainty
Donald Trump’s plan to reimpose tariffs on Chinese good s as a central element of his 2024 campaign has reignited debates around his...
Foteini Garyfallidou
Nov 19, 20244 min read
Slowing Down to Move Forward - China’s Struggle with its Ageing Population
Birth rates are dropping, populations are shrinking, and concerns are growing over who will support ageing generations. This issue is...
Naif Al Bidh
Nov 16, 20244 min read
The Return of History and the Coming Clash
In the Summer of 1989, near the end of the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama published his infamous thesis titled “ The End of History? ”....
Patrick René Haasler
Nov 9, 20244 min read
Georgia's Geopolitical Crossroads
The State of Play : After the landmark elections in Georgia and Moldova, both republics still face a treacherous path towards full EU...
Devin O'Sullivan
Nov 1, 20244 min read
BRICS and the Rapidly Shifting Balance of Power
As the global balance of power continues to shift at lightning speed in 2024, the recent BRICS summit in Kazan, Russia, presents another...
Louis Gilmore
Oct 17, 20243 min read
The Battle for Korea Zinc
We are all too familiar with family feuds. If you grew up playing sports, you may be familiar with feuding with a competitor. It begins...
Harry Ollington
Oct 15, 20244 min read
The EU is Leading and Brexit Britain Must Follow
The EU has taken a decision to impose new and extreme tariffs on electric vehicles made in China. EU members backed a plan to increase...
Ethan Harvey
Sep 29, 20245 min read
Draghi's miserable myopia
In its quest to integrate countries across Europe, the European Union has reached a critical juncture. Its future as a regional...
Kalos Lau
Sep 8, 20244 min read
The Beijing Declaration on Palestine: A “China Solution” for Global Security?
In late July, 14 Palestinian political factions, most notably including Hamas and Fatah, signed the ‘Beijing Declaration on Ending...
Kalos Lau
Aug 18, 20244 min read
Uprising amidst Geopolitical Crossroads: How Bangladeshi Regime Change may shift the US-China Regional Balance
On August 5, angry crowds stormed Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s official residence, forcing the (now former) leader of the...
Luke Goddard
Aug 11, 20244 min read
Is conflict between China and Taiwan inevitable?
The 2024 Taiwanese election marked an important moment in Taiwan-China relations. The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won an...
Kalos Lau
Jul 29, 20244 min read
Supply Triumphs Demand: China's New Era Approach to Economics
Advancing new productive forces is the direction that the PRC economy is rearing towards under CPC guidance. According to Xi Jinping, the...
Caoimhe Mahon
Jul 13, 20243 min read
Bamboo Diplomacy: Vietnam's Balancing Act
Delicious cuisine, UNESCO heritage sites, rich culture, impactful history, breathtaking mountain ranges and miles of coastline, make it...
Kalos Lau
Jul 10, 20244 min read
China’s Third Plenum: Socialism Does Not Require Stimulus
The Communist Party of China (CPC)’s 20th Third Plenary Meeting will be held from July 15 to 18. As a Marxist Party that upholds...
Kalos Lau
Jun 25, 20244 min read
A Sino-Marxist Guide to Finance: China’s Plan for Prosperity
In recent years, Western economies have demonstrated certain signs of real-financial disconnection, i.e. the inability of financial...
Devin O'Sullivan
Jun 11, 20246 min read
Climbing the escalation ladder: Ukraine uses Western weapons to strike inside Russia
The leaders of France and Germany announced last Tuesday that Ukraine should be allowed to hit military targets inside Russia. German...
Charlotte Rowland
Jun 8, 20244 min read
Australia's Sporting Advantage: Taking Policy to the People of the Pacific
Politics seems to be becoming increasingly ill-defined in the traditional militaristic, interventionist, and realist fashion of the...
Kalos Lau
Jun 7, 20244 min read
Overcapacity: Eastern Offense or Western Double-Standards?
The US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen visited the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in early April, deeming the PRC’s industrial...
Devin O'Sullivan
May 27, 20247 min read
Axis of Evil: Moral Frames 101
In political discourse, language is used strategically to legitimise concepts, ideas, and policies in the mind of the listener. A good...
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