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08 Jul 2025
Kenya’s Scramble for Labour Migration Agreements – Who Wins?
By Benjamin Opiyo
Labour migration agreements, such as Australia’s PALM Scheme, are often hailed as a win-win—labour access for the migrant-receiving country and remittances for the worker-sending country. As African countries scramble for [...]
08 Jul 2025
Pakistan’s Suspension of the Simla Accord: Strengthening India’s Position across the LoC
By Anubhav Shankar Goswami
08 Jul 2025
One Cause, Many Voices: The Fractured Push for Scottish Independence
By Professor Nathalie Duclos
07 Jul 2025
The BRICS and SCO Are Faltering – Xi and Putin’s Absence Sends a Message
By Dr Dalbir Ahlawat
07 Jul 2025
The Strategic Imperative of Critical Minerals in AUKUS
By Ansel Bayly Dr Sarah Tzinieris

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Kenya’s Scramble for Labour Migration Agreements – Who Wins?
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Pakistan’s Suspension of the Simla Accord: Strengthening India’s Position across the LoC
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The Master Diplomat Richard Woolcott
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Indonesia’s New Capital
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Dramatic Gains for the Right-Populist Sweden Democrats Party in the 2022 Elections
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Forgotten Conflicts

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Charges of Genocide in Northern Ethiopia
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Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo: Continuing Humanitarian Action in One of the World’s Most Forgotten Crises
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Crisis in Nigeria: How to Train a War Surgeon
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02 Jul 2025
Democratic Regression Puts Indonesia’s Foreign Policy into a Dangerous Path
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Could North Korea be Persuaded to Renounce Chemical Weapons?
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Asserting Australian Diplomacy beyond US interests
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Silent Complicity: The Global Network Behind the Sit-tat’s Airstrikes
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Geopolitics

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22 May 2024
Xi and Putin Tighten Bonds in China; Germany Faces Ongoing Economic and Political Trouble
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Reading room

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04 Jul 2025
Book Review: Delegated Diplomacy: How Ambassadors Establish Trust in International Relations
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Book Review: Russia in the Pacific: The Quest for Great Power Recognition
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Book Review: Age of Revolutions – Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
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