Survival or Hegemony? Why Iran Can’t Kill its Nuclear Ambition
In the summer of 2025, at the behest of Israel, the US launched massive air strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites- Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. The air strikes were a first in decades involving the US and Iran directly. The war of words followed and so did propaganda machines. The war between regional military powers…
How US trade diplomacy reflects the Beijing Consensus on WTO reform
In the immediate aftermath of the Cold War, American political scientist Francis Fukuyama famously proclaimed the “End of History,” arguing that Western liberal democracy had emerged as the final and victorious model of political organisation. State socialism and authoritarianism, it was believed, had been decisively defeated by free-market capitalism and liberal democratic governance. In parallel,…
If You Are Not at the Table, You Are on the Menu: Canadian PM Mark Carney.
Calls on Middle Powers to adopt “Principled and Pragmatic Path” in International Affairs in his address at the World Economic Forum in Davos Below is the full speech of Canadian PM Mark Carney. January 20th, Davos, Switzerland. It’s a pleasure – and a duty – to be with you at this turning point for Canada…
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