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Foreign Policy Analysis
China’s Meritocratic System Challenges Western Monopoly on Political Legitimacy
In the global governance discourse, Western epistemological colonisation has led us to believe, unquestioningly, that electoral democracy is the only process through which a political system can gain legitimacy. I disagree. China is one country whose political leadership challenges the applicability of democracy in a universal fashion, as an obvious truism. The Chinese Communist Party […]
Foreign Policy Analysis
On China’s Lunar Ambitions
As I write this, one country is leading the world in application of robotics, not just on earth, but also on the moon. China’s robots are currently scrubbing the surface of the moon, harvesting and returning materials of scientific experiments. China is still the only nation to have performed robotic rendezvous and docking at the […]
Foreign Policy Analysis
From UN Vetoes to Shared Futures: Why the US-Israel-Iran Conflict Is Reviving Calls for China’s GSI
It is worthwhile to reach a consensus with Wang Dingjun, the Chinese writer and critic when he argued that literature never dies. This agreement can be arrived at by reading a 2011 publication, The Throne of Fire, by an American author, Richard Russell Riordan Jr. In this book, during a moment of crisis and reflection, […]
Diplomacy
Spain’s PM China Trip: A Cobweb of Politics and Geopolitical Re-alignment
On Sunday April 12th, Spain’s Prime Minister (PM) Pedro Sánchez landed in China for a five days state visit making him the sixth European statesman to do so between December 2025 and April 2026. The leaders coming before him were; Emmanuel Macron of France, Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom (UK), Friedrich Merz of Germany, […]
Foreign Policy Analysis
USA-Israel War Against Iran Is Illegal & Sets Cements Precedent
In 2019, as a doctoral student of International Relations, I read the United States of America (USA) media coverage of the 2003 Iraq invasion. I read all the USA major print media outlets’ coverage of the war starting from a month before the USA invaded Iraq until their withdrawal (20th February 2003- December 2011). I was […]
Foreign Policy Analysis
Over 100 International Law Experts Warn: U.S. Strikes on Iran Violate UN Charter and May Be War Crimes
The United States and Israel initiated strikes on Iran over one month ago, on February 28, 2026. The attack was a clear violation of the United Nations Charter. The conduct of the war, and statements of U.S. officials, also raise serious concerns about violations of international humanitarian law, including potential war crimes. We have written […]