Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on July 8, 2022. While the nation is still in shock and dismay, observers are beginning to assess Abe’s political legacy and how it may shadow Japan’s political future.
Read moreOn June 22nd, 2022, Japan announced the 26th House of Councillors election, kicking off the campaign for the triennial election. On July 8th, former Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, was assassinated while giving a campaign speech for the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) candidates in the city of N...
Read morePresident of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, noted that the meeting of heads of states of Shanghai Cooperation Organization took place on September 16 in the city of Samarkand. The event was attended by all leaders of the SCO member states.
Read moreAt the recently concluded summit in Madrid, Spain, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg unveiled the alliance’s new blueprint - a Strategic Concept - that outlines its vision and priorities for the upcoming decade. The blueprint made a reasonable attempt at differentiating between Russia and Chi...
Read moreConventional wisdom about the enlargement of NATO is either America-Centric or Russia-Centric. The Western countries blame Russia as the source of NATO’s expansion and say there is no alternative to defending themselves from the Russian threat.1 Russia argues that its decisive and aggressive operat...
Read moreNATO now stands at the crossroads of a strategic choice: to adopt a less ideologically motivated and less geopolitical stance and become more flexible and pragmatic, or to continue its expansion into Asia Pacific and be the primary disrupter of regional peace and stability.
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