How Han Centrality and the ‘Mandate of Heaven’ shapes China in the 21st Century
Another reason for calling themselves the Middle Kingdom also comes from the belief that China is the pathway between the rest of the earth and heaven itself.
Another reason for calling themselves the Middle Kingdom also comes from the belief that China is the pathway between the rest of the earth and heaven itself.
This could be a good window for India to remind Turkey that glass houses don’t fare well in a stone pelting contest. And India has a lot of cards to play.
Erdogan-ruled Turkey is well known for neo-Ottoman delusions and exporting of Turkic identity as well as its variant of pan-Islamism.
Omar Fateh is facing heavy criticism and trolling on social media platform X for his radical socialist policies supporting illegal immigrants.
Across Africa, socio-political conditions create fertile ground for insurgencies, but their translation into jihadist terrorism is shaped by specific dynamics.
Donald Trump refused to leave the centre stage where the players were celebrating. Infantino had to intervene and take him back to make room for the players.
Turkey’s deepening ties with Bangladesh, from defence zones to Jamaat support, are geopolitical curveballs; this entire episode is yet another wake-up call for New Delhi.
Qutb, whose most famous ideological disciples include Abdullah Azzam, Al Zwahiri, and Osama Bin Laden, was a descendant of Indian migrants to Egypt.
Islamic terrorism in Africa emerged in the late 1970s and 1980s, driven by a combination of local socio-political conditions and the global spread of radical Islamist ideologies. The earliest significant wave began in North Africa, particularly in Algeria, where the rise of political Islam clashed with secular governments. The Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), a political […]
U.S. foreign policy is driven by a consistent agenda of maintaining global supremacy, even at the cost of destabilizing other regions and using allies as “pawns.”