On April 22, 2024, Chinese media outlet Xinhua published an article, titled "Destabilizing South China Sea Is U.S. Strategic Objective," by Koh King Kee, the president of the Centre for New Inclusive Asia, a non-government Malaysian think tank. In the article, Koh King Kee analyzes the heating up of the tensions in the South China Sea and stresses that the area has become the
As tensions rise between Russia and the West, the Kremlin strives to increase its influence with the countries of the "Global South." Moscow enjoys stable diplomatic ties with some countries in Africa (some relations forged during the era of the former Soviet Union). Russia also seeks to control valuable assets on the continent: former Wagner Private Military Company (PMC)
In a column headlined "Hizbullah in Princeton" in the Saudi magazine Al Majalla, Syrian journalist Alia Mansour came out against the displays of support for terrorist organizations that have been evident in student protests at U.S. universities – such as the waving of Hizbullah flags at Princeton University – and against expressions of support for Al-Qaeda, which has killed
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's recent visit to China was expected to almost have one single major topic: China's relations with Russia, which increasingly concern the U.S. as it is widely believed that Beijing has already become Moscow's indispensable ally.[1] The talks were of course not limited to this matter, but it looks like the secretary of state achieved little as