*Dr Alaa Aldeek is a Researcher at the Institute of Xi Jinping Thought on Diplomacy, Shanghai International Studies University As these lines are drawn the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China sits in its fourth plenary session (20-23 October 2025). Beijing’s brand of diplomacy has made extensive…
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Our Senior Research Associate Dr. Alaa Aldeek reviewed the current dilemmas and future possible solutions in Middle East governance, analyzing the crucial importance of Xi Jinping’s diplomatic thought, pointing out China’s unique diplomacy as a major power in the quest for the resolution of Middle East issues. Dr. Aldeek is…
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Co-Authors: Dr. Morris Mottale & Dr. Yiorghos Leventis At the end of the Cold War, in Washington and Western Europe there was a consensus that a new world order was coming around. Overlooked was the fact that an Islamic revolution in Iran led by an octogenarian…
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Dr Yiorghos Leventis, Founder & Director of the International Security Forum, Cyprus participated upon invitation in the 14th Consultative Meeting of the EU Non-Proliferation & Disarmament Consortium held in Brussels on Tuesday, the 16th and on Friday, the 19th of September 2025. The two-day closed door discussion, attended by around sixty experts from…
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By Dr Alaa Aldeek, Our Shangai-Based Expert Preface There has been an effectiveness of Chinese diplomacy towards resolving the Palestinian issue in all occasions and forums since the Bandung Conference in 1955, when China affirmed its rejection of foreign occupation and its support for national liberation movements aimed at self-determination.…
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Our Director has recently given an interview to the Saint-Pierre Center for International Security (SPCIS) speaking on Global Stability…Read More
I wonder if I can do this. As I write, fanatic Zionists are killing innocent Palestinian children. Although…Read More