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The mega-event has reaffirmed Dubai's and the UAE's position on the global map

Arab Ambassadors’ Wives Association in collaboration with the Embassy of UAE, India; and Consulate General of India, Dubai; put up a colourful show on the historic o...

In recent years, the Chinese government has used scholarships to shape the views of Indonesian Muslim students on controversial issues such as the mistreatment of Uyghurs in Xinjiang.

A cold war - and the importance of trusted information - is pushing the UK government to revise its attitude to the BBC.

At a time of strained and erratic relations between the U.S. and China, Ivanka Trump, the President’s daughter and, more recently, a member of his administration, has emerged as an unlikely but singularly potent emissary, not to just to China’s leaders but to many of its citizens. After a clip of her daughter Arabella singing “Happy New Year” in Mandarin went viral in

Vladimir Putin’s unjust and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has wreaked havoc on the global energy industry, but the U.S. shouldn’t warm up to Venezuela just yet

It may be soft power, but it still packs a punch.

When Joseph Nye, Jr., first used the phrase “soft power” in his 1990 book Bound to Lead: The Changing Nature of American Power, China did not factor much into his calculus of world order: It had relatively little military and economic power, and none of the softer “persuasive” or “attractive” abilities that Nye saw as key features of the global domination of the United

In 1991, Deng Xiaoping famously explained that in order to reassure the world of its peaceful intentions, China should “cope with affairs calmly; hide our capacities and bide our time; be good at maintaining a low profile; and never claim leadership.” Since then, China’s reassurance strategy has evolved as its economic clout and military capabilities have become impossible to

Foreign policy realism in 21st century