Geopolitical upheaval in Syria and its impacts on regional and global security

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, 10:09 (GMT+7)
On 27 November 2024, the Syrian opposition - led primarily by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham - launched a large-scale surprise offensive on areas under the control of the Syrian government. After more than ten days of fighting, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham’s leader, Muhammad al-Julani, declared the downfall of President Assad’s government

Tightened ties between the US and the Philippines

Monday, August 28, 2023, 14:43 (GMT+7)
After the Cold War, the number of US bases in the Western Pacific diminished, resulting in a reduction of US forces’ presence. This decline led to doubts among allies regarding Washington’s commitment to its partnerships. Therefore, the effort to upgrade relations with the Philippines signifies that the US is elevating its commitments to the region to a new level and intends to continue asserting its leadership position as a superpower. However, international public opinion also posits that this move could potentially escalate tensions in an already tense region, impacting both regional and global security.

NATO adjusts its strategy for the Indo-Pacific region

Tuesday, May 30, 2023, 07:17 (GMT+7)
It can be seen that the expansion of NATO’s influence into the Indo-Pacific has been arousing concern for countries in this region, as it increases the risk of instability when the competition between China and the West becomes increasingly fierce, which has been predicted by international analysts and commentators.

The Arctic as a place of great power competition

Saturday, September 24, 2022, 10:36 (GMT+7)
Although it is considered the second largest desert in the world after Antarctica, access to the Arctic promises many geopolitical and economic benefits to concerning countries because of its outstanding potential. Therefore, the competition for influence in this deserted region has been ongoing for decades and is getting fiercer.

Prospects for restoration of Iran nuclear deal

Thursday, March 17, 2022, 09:31 (GMT+7)
Since he took office as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden has been expected to revive the Iran Nuclear Deal. However, after the 8th round of negotiations in Vienna (Austria), both America and Iran were unable to overcome differences to work towards the restoration of this Deal. Apparently, the future of this Deal is still a big problem

United States’ pivot towards Asia-Pacific Region – its results and prospects

Tuesday, February 22, 2022, 09:39 (GMT+7)
One of the most important strategic shift of the U.S. in the first decades of the 21st century is the Strategy to pivot towards the Asia-Pacific Region which is of special importance to the US global strategy. After 10 years, regardless of a number of successes, there are a lot of difficulties and challenges for Washington to realise that Strategy

The U.S. and the Philippines repair treaty alliance

Tuesday, October 12, 2021, 08:22 (GMT+7)
US-Philippines relations, which have come under strain over the past 5 years, have apparently warmed again as Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has decided to fully restore the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) with the US of which he ordered revocation in February 2020. What caused their bilateral relations to turn sour and Manila to abruptly pivot back to Washington has drawn widespread attention

U.S. calculations in North Korean nuclear issue

Monday, September 20, 2021, 10:00 (GMT+7)
The relationship between Washington and Pyongyang has never been simple as there are considerable suspicion and mistrust between them. Despite a difficult start during Donald Trump’s presidency, the two sides made surprise moves with summits which captured global attention. However, the openness of U.S. leader did not make any further advances in the relationship between the two former foes.

Strategic mistakes made by the U.S. and NATO during the war in Afghanistan

Sunday, September 12, 2021, 09:11 (GMT+7)
In spite of the fact that America and a number of NATO member states always had absolute superiority in terms of personnel and equipment, they failed to gain victory in a war which had been thought to happen “one-way” only in Afghanistan. According to many analysts around the world, the U.S. and NATO made a lot of strategic mistakes during the war in this South Asian country

Trajectory of U.S.-Russian relations and implications for regional security

Friday, August 20, 2021, 14:51 (GMT+7)
A more stable relationship between U.S. and Russia will enable U.S. and its NATO allies to be partly in control of security challenges in Europe while helping U.S. to avoid confronting both China and Russia at the same time – an unexpected scenario in the Indo-Pacific region for U.S. when it is devoting every effort to cope with threats from China.