Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
Editorial The language of peace, when deployed by states long entangled in cycles of militarisation and geopolitical opportunism, often invites not admiration but scrutiny. Pakistan’s latest overtures towards peace, accompanied by the
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Standing in the dust of Çatalhöyük—a 9,000-year-old Neolithic site known to archaeology since the 1960s, yet virtually non-existent in discussions about political science and law—a question haunted me: “How come no one told
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Does witnessing suffering make you more moral? Can a life surrounded by brilliance teach you justice, or does real understanding only come from seeing the world at its worst? For Tom Gross,
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The Middle East stood on the edge of a much bigger disaster earlier this week. On the night of April 8, 2026, US President Donald Trump suddenly announced a two-week ceasefire with
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The United States has agreed with Iran to cease hostilities for two weeks. The illegal US and Israeli imposed war has not ended but has a break, although not in Lebanon which
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In Afghanistan, humanitarian reporting has become one of the most influential lenses through which the crisis is understood internationally. Yet that lens is increasingly incomplete. By focusing heavily on civilian suffering without
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A 12-foot Chinese underwater drone was hauled up in fishing nets near Gili Trawangan, off the coast of Lombok, Indonesia, revealing Beijing’s ongoing efforts to map underwater channels used by submarines. The
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Three Russian submarines reportedly attempted to spy on critical underwater cables and pipelines near UK waters while global attention focused on Iran, Defence Secretary John Healey disclosed on Thursday. Healey said the
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U.S. President Donald Trump has discussed with advisers the possibility of removing some American troops from Europe, frustrated by NATO allies’ perceived inaction in securing the Strait of Hormuz and the stalled
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the country’s military to suspend all operations against Ukrainian forces over the Orthodox Easter weekend, the Kremlin announced. The ceasefire is set to begin at 16:00
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