by MKI TM | Oct 10, 2025 | Connectivity Center, Featured, News, Podcast, Research Centers
As strategic rivalry between Washington and Beijing worsens, South Korea, often cited as a classic victim of balance of power determinism among great powers, finds itself in an increasingly difficult position. Seoul’s pains of navigating external hardships has...
by MKI TM | Sep 24, 2025 | Connectivity Center, Featured, MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers
Perspective – Written by Zsolt Trembeczki 2025 represented the first true stress test of India’s multi-alignment foreign policy: U.S.–India relations visibly deteriorated, while India sought to signal the extent of its room to maneuver by emphasizing its ties with...
by MKI TM | Sep 24, 2025 | Connectivity Center, Featured, MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers
Perspective – Written by Angelina Nagy & Gergely Salát Kim Jong Un took part in Beijing’s Victory Day celebrations as a guest of honor and held bilateral talks with Xi Jinping. Taken together, these moves point to a new stage in China–North Korea relations....
by MKI TM | Sep 1, 2025 | Connectivity Center, Featured, MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers
Perspective – Written by László Csicsmann & Stephen R. Nagy The recent attacks by Israel and the United States on Iran’s clandestine nuclear facilities have had a detrimental effect on the economic and energy security of the Indo-Pacific region. The dependence of...
by MKI TM | Aug 28, 2025 | Connectivity Center, Featured, MKI Perspective, News, Research Centers
Perspective – Written by Zsolt Trembeczki A U.S.–India trade deal was expected to be among the first ones announced following U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” barrage of tariffs. Instead, by late July, negotiations collapsed. In early August, the Trump...
by MKI TM | Jul 17, 2025 | Connectivity Center, MKI Policy Brief, News, Research Centers
Policy Brief – Written by Zsolt Trembeczki On balance, the 2025 India–Pakistan conflict’s final outcome was remarkably unremarkable—after a couple rounds of escalation, the two sides agreed to de-escalate as anticipated. While larger in scale, the conflict mostly...
