The World of States
By John L. Campbell and John A. Hall
In this article, adapted from their book The World of States John Campbell and John Hall argue...
Vaccine inequality: A new beginning or another missed opportunity?
By Dr. Dan Steinbock
Last year, four major opportunities to battle COVID-19 were missed. If vaccine inequality will prevail in the coming months, that would...
How China’s Simultaneous Carrots and Sticks Work in Southeast Asia
By Huong Le Thu
China’s applies simultaneously dual tactics of coercion and inducement to assert its position regionally and globally. Demonstrations in Vietnam and the...
Trump’s Asia Tour: From Old Conflicts to New Prospects
By Dan Steinbock
Trump’s gruelling 12-day...
Berlin – Another False Flag, the Government’s Complicity is Remorseless
By Peter Koenig
Random killing by the western secret services – 12 dead, about 40 injured, is the result of the latest false flag...
Durability before Democracy: Why Stability is Elusive in the Middle East
By Sean Yom
In this article Sean Yom discusses how the lack of permanence of Middle Eastern governments means that democracy is for the time...
Prospects of a Multipolar World and the Role of Emerging Economies
By Dr. Kalim Siddiqui
I. Introduction
When we look at economic data on trade and output growth, there seems to be an economic shift gradually taking...
The Believers Are But A Single Brotherhood1: Political Islam In Post-Mubarak Egypt
By Joseph Yackley
The fall of Mubarak and the rise of political Islam illustrate the hidden power of social change. To understand how Egypt’s Islamists...
China’s New Global Role: President Xi in Washington and the UN
By Dan Steinbock
The recent Washington summit took the US-China bilateral relations onto a new level, while President Xi’s UN visit gave a glimpse...
Global Social Process and the Evolving Character of Sovereignty
By Winston P. Nagan & Craig Hammer
The world’s most daunting challenges are outcomes of the current configuration of sovereign institutions. Below, Winston P. Nagan...
