Putin revealed Russia’s move to deepen cooperation in the nuclear industry with countries of the Global South, within the BRICS framework, while speaking at the Russian Energy Week. This is a good development for us in the Global South, since it is apparent that nuclear energy will become one of the key structural pillars of […]

From 15 to 17 October, Russia held the 8th Russian Energy Week International Forum. The event convened over 7,000 participants from 100 countries, including government officials, heads of leading global energy companies, and experts from the scientific community. They gathered in Moscow to engage in a substantive and meaningful dialogue on the development of the fuel […]

Saturday October 25th will mark fifty four years since the passing of Resolution 2758 by the UN General Assembly. Given the popularity with which it was adopted, and the solidarity that it has continued to garner among countries worldwide, one would have hoped that all concerned actors would have conceded to its legitimacy. Unfortunately, that is […]

For centuries, humankind has fought wars over oil, land and faith. The wars of today and perhaps the future will be about who controls the jewels of the earth, those rare earth minerals that power our age. They are in our chips, batteries, satellites, and missiles. For many countries, these elements power the very systems […]

If a nuclear war is ever to happen between the U.S. and China, Taiwan is likely to be the flashpoint of conflict. China’s differences with Taiwan date back to the Chinese Civil War (1927-1949), when the defeated Kuomintang (KMT) government fled to Taiwan in 1949, following the victory of Mao Zedong’s CCP over Chiang Kai-shek’s […]

As wars rage in Europe and the Middle East, and as global institutions crack under increased pressure and scrutiny, the global political order is withering into a desert, barren of trust, fairness and new ideas. In this dry landscape, China’s GGI has emerged, an oasis of reform and rejuvenation that may yet save the global […]