On 17 June 2026, I represented the Development Watch Center at a Seminar on commemorating 70 years of China-Africa and China-Arab Diplomatic Relations: Jointly Building a Community with…
Many keeping a close eye on the influence of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) on global affairs will know about the moment in 2023 when President Xi…
Historical imagery is filled with cinematic circumstances around the surrender of a global power by a contending new hegemon. Great Britain became the foremost global empire following the…
Traditionally, great powers have heavily relied on their military and more recently economic power to expand their global influence. This doctrine, is a cornerstone of realism – a…
At the recent celebration of Africa Day on 25th May, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov hosted African diplomats and envoys in Moscow. Beyond its ceremonial trappings, this…
On the night of Tuesday, May 19th, the President of the Russian Federation arrived in Beijing, China for a remarkable two days state visit (together with President Xi…
China is leading the invention of non-Western international relations theories. With the expansion of its international influence and the growth of its national potency, it is transforming from…
As the rest of the world watched closely what was happening in Beijing, on May 14th and 15th, 2026, the annual BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting took place in New…
Although the presidents of two of the world’s biggest economies have been in regular communication for some time now including when they physically met in Busan, South Korea…
It is 2022. France makes military withdrawals from one West African country to another. This expulsion of a former colonial power is against its terms. First, Mali, then…
