Policy makers, political and state elites, civilian military cadres have grappled with the unprecedented crisis of Covid-19 in Middle East North Africa. Against this gloomy backdrop, main question became whether region could sustain its traditional security-first policy even though definition security has changed. Could perpetuate role as arbiter a broken clientelistic contract state-led socioe...

This paper reexamines the democratic peace in a longitudinal fashion. We extend the democratic peace proposition beyond isolated militarized disputes or wars to longer-term interstate rivalries. Rivalries of all types are rare among democratic dyads; there is only one case of enduring rivalry between consistently democratic states, and most conflictual relationships between democracies remain c...

The Islamic world is one of the most important regions in terms geopolitical competition, focusing on region Southwest Asia geo-economic, geo-strategic and geo-culture. Despite widespread commonalities political geography structural functional terms, interdependence has not been able to move towards convergence, cooperation interaction. One influential variables trends this policies United Stat...

The Philippines and Iran are two important players in the geopolitical transition of Asian Pacific region. values that these countries held over many decades exposes them to rivalries competition among regional international powers. In some part history, they became a closed ally United States, while regime change late 1970s had created sort difficulty for both improve bilateral relations amids...

Two prominent explanations have been offered to explain the development of enduring rivalry. The evolutionary model stipulates that enduring rivalries are largely indistinguishable from lesser competitions at their outset and develop over time, taking on more distinctive conflict patterns as the adversaries recognize their long-term competition and react accordingly. In contrast, the punctuated...

This article explores how the geopolitical rivalries and tensions associated with multipolarity in a transitional international order, driven by shifts great power influence, are shaping politics of state recognition. It considers diplomatic discourse practices traditional powers resurgent states relation to number controversial cases territories seeking independent statehood Although contested...

COVID-19 and the economic response have amplified changed nature of development challenges in fundamental ways. Global cooperation should adapt accordingly. This paper lays out urgency for new methods that can deliver resource transfers at scale, oriented to addressing climate change with transparency better governance. It looks what is actually happening major donor countries’ programs where p...

The authors deliberate that the EU?s soft power leadership has been inadequate during certain periods of pandemic, being additionally challenged by proactive campaigns other international actors. According to authors, such EU underperformance primarily lies in damaging fact Union perceives and treats aspects like inoculation process not solely as a health-humanitarian issue, but also geostrateg...