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Russia as the phoenix in global politics After the end of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia became a less popular area of study and dealing with in comparison to before the end of the Cold War (1949‒1991). In the…

By: Genevieve B. Kupang Baguio Central University (BCU) welcomed a distinguished delegation from O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU), India, led by Prof. (Dr.) Rahul Bhandari, Director of the Office of Institutional Advancement and Strategic Global Engagement, and Mr. Swapnil S.…

The global balance of power is undergoing a profound and accelerated transformation, shifting its economic and strategic center of gravity from the West toward the East. This realignment, echoing Hegel’s dialectic view of history, is being dramatically hastened by recent…

September 18, 2025 — The United States once again vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza, drawing widespread condemnation and sparking protests outside UN headquarters in Manhattan. The resolution, co-sponsored by…

Is God not the ultimate human creation? The gods we inherited were designed for small populations, scattered across the earth, with narrow horizons. They concerned themselves with intimate details—how we ate, dressed, or made love. Each was tied to a…

by Dimitra Staikou Two regions of the world, Cyprus in the Eastern Mediterranean and Kashmir in South Asia, have been transformed into bloody hotbeds of division. Although the causes, actors, and geopolitical conditions differ, both cases show how history, ethnic composition,…

The hunt for the political ideology driving each murder that makes the news obscures some key points. One is that the shooter is almost always a man, even though women are equally capable of shooting, meaning that the ideology is…

The “spied upon” headline from El Pais is unequivocal. The story, in the newspaper’s English-language edition, says that Nicaraguans live in “a climate of permanent surveillance” in which they distrust even their neighbors. Further, apparently harmless community meetings are really…

The EU would plunge into a full-blown recession if it complied, but that might be what Trump wants so as to bankrupt its companies and thus give US ones a greater edge in the newly tariff-free EU market. Trump proposed…

Members of the ICAN and the Greek Anti-Nuclear Alliance invited ICAN Executive Director Melissa Parke to Athens. Melissa Parke, with her rich CV as Australia’s Minister for Internal Development and as a UN expert in Kosovo, Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and…