At the beginning of the new year, we celebrate the arrival of 2025. Unfortunately, not everyone in the world shares such joy and peace. Many, instead, are mired in turmoil, conflict, and bloodshed. In 2024 alone, over...
The international situation remained tense and turbulent in 2024,with the constantly unfolding spillover of crises,escalating conflicts and widening rifts,especially with the hard-to-ease Ukraine crisis and the humani...
The world economy in 2024 proved surprisingly resilient despite multiple shocks. This resilience can largely be attributed to the effects of tight monetary policies and the strong performance of labor markets in major...
In 2024, as the world underwent profound political changes, global security faced increasing instabilities and uncertainties. Traditional and non-traditional security threats interacted and overlapped, and the risk of...
Current analysis of the contemporary global security situation is incomplete if the issues of the Global South's security interests particularly the Africa's security needs and concerns are left out of the discussions...
After the 2008 global financial crisis, the global governance architecture underwent significant changes, accompanied by transformations in political, economic, diplomatic, and social spheres. What we had learnt since...
In October 2024,at the 27th ChinaASEAN Leaders'Meeting,the leaders of China and ten ASEAN nations announced the substantial conclusion of the China-ASEAN FTA 3.0 Upgrade Negotiations,and proposed that the two sides wo...
2024 is a“super election year”with the biggest influence in the world since World War II.About 80 countries covering about 60%of the world's population hold national elections.The number and scale of elections are r...
The US 2024 general election ended with the Republican Party winning the presidential, House and Senate elections at the same time. In the presidential election, the Republican Party not only won more popular votes in...