The Taliban’s takeover of Kabul (15 August 2021) cemented its status as the de facto regime in Afghanistan. For immediate neighbours, the manner in which city after city fell to…

From the very first day in office, President Joe Biden stressed the need to recommence democracy in the United States (US) and all across the world to meet the unprecedented…

China has conducted flights into Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone (ADIZ) for  292 days since September 2020. This is a cause of concern for not only Taiwan but for the…

The role and position of women in the Afghan society have swayed between attempts to modernization and then extreme conservatism over the past several decades.  From the time of the…