International relations today are not built solely on history, power, or geography, but on the ability of state actors to…
The Baltic States and Africa: A Historic Opportunity Outside the Shadow of the West
International Relations
The European Right-Wing Moral Paradox: Condemning Sudan’s Atrocities While Juggling Strategic Silence and Migration Threats
The recent debate inside the European Parliament over past and ongoing atrocities in Sudan exposes a profound moral contradiction at…
Haunted Histories: American Interventionist Politics and the Sokoto Caliphate Imaginary
One of the underlying forces shaping the United States’ interventionist discourses in Nigeria today is not intelligence, strategy, or local…
Aborted Democratic Peacebuilding in Sudan: A Tale of Western Apathy, Regional Encroachments, and Domestic Disillusionment
The views expressed here emanated from a panel discussion on “Trendlines and Transformations in African Democratic Governance: Lessons for US-Africa…
Is US-Africa Relations at the Crossroads: What does it mean for Africa?
The views expressed here emanated from a panel discussion on “Trendlines and Transformations in African Democratic Governance: Lessons for US-Africa…
Taiwan’s Diplomatic Push in Somaliland: A Pathway for Peacebuilding, Security, and Development?
On September 27, 2024, I conducted an interview with Ambassador Allen Lou, Taiwan’s representative to Somaliland, in Hargeisa. Accompanied by…
Strategic Diplomacy Beyond Recognition: Taiwan and Somaliland’s People-Centered Relations in the Global Arena
Introduction The 1961 Vienna Convention1 establishes a comprehensive framework for initiating, concluding, and sustaining diplomatic relations based on mutual consent…