Sunny Peter

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Semiconductor Chessboard: How the US-China AI Race is Redrawing Global Alliances and Diplomatic Strategy

When OpenAI's leadership approached the Trump administration in late October 2025 with an ambitious request to expand Chips Act tax credits beyond semiconductor fabrication to cover AI data

By Sunny Peter

/ 12 Nov 2025

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The New Scramble for Syria: Turkey, Iran, Russia, and the Gulf States Jockey for Power in Post-Assad Syria

The transformation from Assad's Syria to Sharaa's Syria represents nothing less than a geopolitical earthquake that has sent shockwaves through the Middle East's established

By Sunny Peter

/ 8 Nov 2025

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Syria's New Era: Ahmed Al-Sharaa's Historic Washington Visit Marks Potential Shift in US-Middle East Relations

When Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa steps into the White House on November 10, he will cross a threshold no Syrian head of state has ever approached. The meeting with President

By Sunny Peter

/ 8 Nov 2025

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The Great Rebalancing: How Multipolarity Is Transforming International Relations in 2025

When Indonesia formally joined BRICS in July 2025, it marked more than an expansion of an economic bloc—it announced the arrival of a genuinely multipolar world. Just days after

By Sunny Peter

/ 8 Nov 2025

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Sudan After al-Fashir: The Logic of Partition

The fall of al-Fashir on October 26, 2025, marked far more than a tactical victory for Sudan's Rapid Support Forces. After 18 months of brutal siege that starved

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 Nov 2025

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Gaza Ceasefire Violations: Why October 2025 Agreement Remains Dangerously Fragile

The optimism that accompanied October 10's ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas lasted precisely eighteen days. By October 28, Israeli airstrikes had killed over 100 Palestinians, including 46

By Sunny Peter

/ 30 Oct 2025

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When Algorithms Go to War: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of International Conflict

The next major international crisis may not begin with troops massing at borders or warships crossing into disputed waters. It might start with an algorithm detecting an anomaly, triggering an

By Sunny Peter

/ 18 Oct 2025

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Putin Cancels Russia-Arab Summit as Middle East Influence Wanes

The Kremlin's sudden cancellation of what was meant to be a showcase of Russian influence in the Arab world has laid bare an uncomfortable truth for Vladimir Putin:

By Sunny Peter

/ 15 Oct 2025

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They Predicted AI Would Rationalize Diplomacy. It Made Everything Worse

In September 2025, when the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted a landmark resolution establishing the first truly global AI governance mechanisms—an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI and

By Sunny Peter

/ 11 Oct 2025

• Analysis

Kabul Under Pressure: India's Diplomatic Gambit and Pakistan's Airstrikes Reveal Shifting Power Dynamics

October 10, 2025, delivered two starkly contradictory messages to Afghanistan's Taliban government within hours of each other. In New Delhi, Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar stood beside

By Sunny Peter

/ 10 Oct 2025

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Civil Society's Frontline: How Aid Flotillas Are Reshaping Conflict Diplomacy

When Israeli naval forces intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla in early October 2025, detaining over 500 activists from more than 40 countries who were attempting to break the Gaza blockade,

By Sunny Peter

/ 9 Oct 2025

• Analysis

Between Technocracy and Sovereignty: Can International Administration Work in Gaza?

When Cambodia's warring factions signed the Paris Peace Accords in 1991, the United Nations embarked on an unprecedented experiment. The UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) would govern

By Sunny Peter

/ 7 Oct 2025