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
On a warm stretch of beach along India’s eastern coast, a group of young sailors from Iran were enjoying rare moments of relaxation after weeks at sea. Assigned to guide them around
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When Xi Jinping secured an unprecedented third five-year term as China’s leader in late 2022, he issued stark warnings to senior officials about the “stormy seas” and “worst-case scenarios” that could confront
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The stunning message from the first public message on Thursday by Iran’s new Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei is that “The Strait of Hormuz must remain closed.” In seven words, he threw
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As the US-Iran war enters its 13th day, there are no strong visible signs of disengagement or exiting from the conflict. Both sides seem to be following a risky escalation strategy aimed
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South Asia is entering one of the most significant energy transitions in the world today. Home to nearly a quarter of the global population and undergoing rapid economic transformation, the region is
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by Eric Paul Kengor’s American Pontiff: Pope Leo XIV and His Plan to Heal the Church is an unusual hybrid of rapid-response biography, ecclesiastical commentary, and ideological intervention. Written in the immediate
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Chinese-Canadian educator and writer Jiang Xueqin presents a stark interpretation of Middle Eastern geopolitics: that Israel may quietly benefit from a prolonged war that weakens the United States rather than a swift
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For nearly five decades, Javier Gurruchaga has lived at the intersection of theater, music and spectacle. The Spanish performer, singer and actor built a career on flamboyance, irreverence and a refusal to
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In the darkness of midnight waters off southern Iraq, a 40-second video captured a moment that would reverberate across global energy markets. A small speedboat approached the massive oil tanker Safesea Vishnu
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At the BRICS summit in South Africa in the summer of 2023, the group’s five member states made a bold decision: they invited five new countries to join. The move was greeted
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