Famine Strikes Sudan – Modern Diplomacy
April has marked one year since the war has broken out April has marked one year since the war has broken out in Sudan. During…
Forging Economic Diplomacy: Exploring Pakistan’s Trade Prospects with India
Since 2019, diplomatic relations between Pakistan and India have been fraught with complications and tense confrontations. On August 5th 2019, the Indian Government revoked Articles…
Veto Sparks Space Diplomacy – Modern Diplomacy
In the ever-evolving arena of international diplomacy, recent events at the United Nations have brought to light a critical impasse: Russia’s veto of a resolution…
Indonesia and the Future of Water Diplomacy
Through its participation in the World Water Forum, Indonesia, the largest archipelagic country in the world, with more than 17 thousand islands with a long…
Critical raw materials: how the EU hopes to secure a key element of the energy transition – focus
If Russia's war on Ukraine shocked Europe into realising the folly of its dependence on Moscow for gas suppplies, growing geopolitical uncertainty has forced the…
China’s Looming Food Crisis – Modern Diplomacy
For over a decade, I have dedicated my efforts to understanding the complex dynamics of inflation and food scarcity in China. Despite moments of doubt,…
Schizophrenia – Modern Diplomacy
Whilst not as common as other mental illnesses, schizophrenia does affect an estimated 24 million people around the world. Unfortunately there is a lack of…
The Enigma of Terrorism – Modern Diplomacy
Decades upon decades, and here is Pakistan, still battling with acts of terrorism. Following the formation of the new government, the country has received multiple…
Economic Diplomacy with Chinese Characteristics
People’s Republic of China, a rising global economic power has a unique way of developing policies in its style calling it “Chinese-Style” or “China’s wisdom”.…
The Grandmaster’s Strategy – Modern Diplomacy
A man, with the synergy of an ex-soldier and pastoral counselor took my smile and turned it into a parachute. It grew wings and flew…
Exclusive: Trade officials confident of stalling packaging waste law
A landmark environment law designed to tackle the huge and growing volume of packaging waste discarded in Europe, already nearly 190m tonnes a year per…
Russia’s Grave Sanctions Evasion – Modern Diplomacy
The humanitarian situation in the Ukraine gets more dire by the day and hour. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe recently proclaimed, “As…
Turkey’s Humanitarian Diplomacy in Somalia: Humanitarian vs National Interests
Humanitarian diplomacy aims to maximize all forms of support for operations and programs and build necessary partnerships if humanitarian goals are to be achieved (Regnier,…
What does a Trump presidency mean for the global order?
Ultimately, Biden and Trump offer competing visions that both strive for one goal – a stronger, more prosperous and unfettered America. Biden proposes to do…
China renews panda diplomacy in the US, loaning two animals to San Diego Zoo
China plans to send two giant pandas to the San Diego Zoo, renewing its longstanding gesture of friendship toward the United States after nearly all pandas…
Ballots Beyond Borders – Modern Diplomacy
The recent General Elections in Pakistan have garnered an unusual level of attention from its eastern neighbor, India, marking a significant moment in the complex…
Education, Peace, Politics, Climate, Economy and Global Diplomacy in Focus at 37th AU Summit
The 37th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU) kicked off on Saturday 17 February 2024.…
The Importance of Blue Diplomacy and Pakistan
The surface of the earth as we know is 71% made up of water such as oceans, river and fresh water called as a hydrosphere…
UK’s David Cameron preps for battle with Russia’s Lavrov over Ukraine – POLITICO
Optimism Still, some optimism remains inside the British government about the Russia-Ukraine war. Officials expect Ukraine to be able to export its full harvest next…
Harnessing Soft Power: China in Global Climate Governance
The history of international order has long been influenced by power politics. Either in the form of realist’s security dilemma or a liberal’s economic superiority.…