Beyond the Horizon Articles
Tianjin Test: What the 2025 SCO Summit Reveals About Eurasia’s Emerging Order
Key Takeaways China’s institutional push: Xi Jinping placed finance at the heart of the SCO’s future, reviving the idea of an SCO development bank, pledging aid and loans, and promoting local-currency trade. His goal is to give the bloc practical economic weight while...
China’s Economy in H1 2025: Resilience Amidst Uncertainty
Key Takeaways Resilient Growth Amid Challenges: China achieved a respectable 5.3% GDP growth in the first half of 2025, surpassing market expectations despite facing internal and external challenges. The growth rate underscores economic resilience, driven primarily by...
Pakistan’s Strategic Importance in the Eyes of the US and China: Interactions, Initiatives and High Level Contacts
Key Takeaways Geostrategic Leverage: Pakistan’s location at the intersection of South Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East, along with access to the Arabian Sea through Gwadar Port, positions it as a critical hub for maritime trade, energy routes, and great power...
Emerging Security Dynamics in the Indo-Pacific
Key Takeaways Growing Bloc Dynamics: Russia’s strengthened alignment with North Korea signifies a new strategic front in East Asia, directly tying developments on the Korean Peninsula to geopolitical dynamics in Eastern Europe. Pyongyang's explicit support for...
NATO Summit The Hague 2025: Strategic Outcomes and Key Issues
Key Takeaways Defense Spending Surge: NATO leaders agreed on a historic increase in defense spending, pledging to reach a combined 5% of GDP by 2035, reflecting heightened threats, particularly from Russia, and U.S. pressure for equitable burden-sharing. Reaffirmation...
European Democracy Shield Open Public Consultation Policy Recommendations by the Horizon Europe project INNOVADE
This policy brief is prepared as a response to the public consultation opened by the European Commission for further development and fine-tuning of the European Democracy Shield initiative. This brief is prepared by the INNOVADE project consortium, which is funded by...
Between Tehran and Tel Aviv: China’s Strategic Balancing Act in the Middle East
Key Takeaways China’s Dual Engagement Strategy Is Under Severe StrainChina’s long-standing approach of maintaining strong ties with both Iran and Israel—anchored in trade, technology, energy, and diplomacy—faces unprecedented pressure following the 2025 Israel–Iran...
The Rising Importance of the Global South in 2025: A New Pillar of Multipolar Power
Key Takeaways The Global South is no longer a passive actor — In 2025, developing nations across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Pacific are actively shaping global politics, economics, and security, moving from the periphery to the center of...
Trump’s 2025 Gulf Tour: Deals, Diplomacy, and Dilemmas
Key Takeaways Historic Re-engagement: President Trump's 2025 Middle East tour represented a significant U.S. re-engagement with key Gulf allies—Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the UAE—focusing heavily on economic investment, security cooperation, and technological...
China’s National Security in the New Era: Anxious Power, Ambitious Vision
Key Takeaways China's 2025 national security white paper outlines a comprehensive and centralized vision of security that expands well beyond military defense to encompass political, economic, technological, environmental, and societal domains. The white paper is...