The Ukraine conflict has left Russia in a very uncomfortable position. Originally envisaged as a means to deter future wars, ...

Recent climate change and urbanisation have increased the risk of more severe disasters. In particular, the Indo-Pacific is ...

A New York Times article recently dubbed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio the “de facto viceroy of Venezuela” on July 12th ...

Stalin once posited, “Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ...

Francis A. Beer is Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Colorado, Boulder. He received his A. B. (1960) from Harvard and M. A. (1963) and Ph.D. (1967) from the [...] ...

Steve Chan is College Professor of Distinction Emeritus and formerly chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His research interests focus on international ...

Anshu Kumar is a Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Russian and Central Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He frequently writes on Russia, ...

Dimitra Staikou is a Greek international journalist, political analyst, author and playwright specialising in India, South Asia, the Indo-Pacific, international relations and strategic affairs. Her ...

Misa Tomono is a member of the 2026 Indo-Pacific Cooperation Network. She is a medical doctor and PhD candidate specialising in multi-sectoral preparedness and crisis coordination. With experience ...

Thucydides’ Trap—the idea that a rising power and an anxious hegemon are fated to collide—has become the go-to shorthand for understanding China and the United States, invoked even by Xi Jinping ...