Foreign Policy

Assessing the Nuclear Threat in the Context of the Ukraine War

The threat of nuclear war came to the fore again with Russian President Vladimir Putin’s statement on February 21, 2023, that Russia would suspend...

The Impact of the Acquisition of Twitter on the Global South

The acquisition of Twitter by tech billionaire Elon Musk in October 2022 has been widely covered in international media as it holds tremendous potential...

The Shaping of Sino-GCC Relations: Economic Alliance or More?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Riyadh last week marked the opening of a new period of bolstering Sino-Gulf relations that have already been...

Decoding Xi Jinping’s Speech: China’s Cautious Optimism Will Mark The Next Five Years

On 16 October, Chinese President Xi Jinping delivered a two-hour speech at the opening of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of...

A Critical Approach to Global Performance Indexes (GPIs): Evidence from Türkiye

With the spread of globalisation, there has been a rapid increase in the number of indexes measuring and ranking countries' performances in certain political,...

The Supremacy of Power Politics Continues Amid Russia-Ukraine War

The modus operandi of international organizations depends on the changing global power dynamics. The war in Ukraine has escalated after Putin’s official endorsement of the...

Countering China’s BRI: The G-7’s Partnership For Global Infrastructure And Investment (PGII)

This discussion paper will argue that G-7 members' motivations for countering the BRI revolve around weakening China's economic and political power. The G-7’s efforts to...

Humanitarian Responsibility Knows No Limits: AFAD and Türkiye’s Global Outreach

This paper seeks to examine how institutionalised practices of disaster and risk management are carried out by AFAD as a single official body of...

China and the US are in ‘dire straits’ over Taiwan

Immediately after the announcement that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would visit Taiwan during her Asia tour, the complex relationship between China, Taiwan and...

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