China’s Soft Power Strategy: A Cinematic Approach
Many superpower states use soft power strategies through cultural industries to expand their sphere of influence and hegemony, leading to the internal system’s power shifts. US soft power policies significantly contributed to establishing America’s hegemony in unipolar world order. However, the global community is witnessing a transformation towards a multipolar world order due to the […]
From the National Pact to Hezbollah: How Lebanon’s Sectarian Foundations Shape Its Present Crisis
The once “Paris of the Middle East” is now engulfed in an endless political and humanitarian crisis. The cause of the instability dates back to the state’s independence in 1943. Lebanon is one of the worst-affected countries facing an economic downturn for decades, eroding human rights with more than 70 percent of the population living […]