Eurasia News

  No Asian Century without true multilateralism . ASEAN’ s enduring strength has never been its ability to project power, but its capacity to manage diversity through restraint, process, and dialogue. In an increasingly polarised strategic environment, pressures to align more explicitly with emerging blocs such as BRICS risk diluting ASEAN ’s long-standing emphasis on autonomy and consensus. For Southeast Asia , security is less about joining alternative power centres than about preserving decision-making space amid intensifying great-power rivalry. A revitalised non-aligned approach—adapted to contemporary challenges such as economic fragmentation, digital governance, and maritime security—offers ASEAN greater flexibility to engage all major actors without becoming dependent on any. In this sense, non-alignment is not a rejection of cooperation, but a pragmatic strategy to sustain ASEAN centrality in a multipolar, yet deeply contested, regional order. Let us continue with a rat...

  Biohacking is a rapidly growing movement that combines technology, biology, and self-experimentation to optimize human performance and well-being. It encompasses a range of practices, from genetic modifications and wearable technology to cognitive enhancement and nutritional interventions. In the European Union (EU), where health, technology, and data privacy regulations are extensive, the rise of biohacking challenges traditional legal and ethical boundaries and raises complex regulatory questions. While biohacking offers individuals unprecedented control over their physical and mental capabilities, it often operates on the fringes of legality, exploiting regulatory gaps. This article explores biohacking’s core practices and examines the legal frameworks, including treaties like the Oviedo Convention, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and other relevant EU policies, along with the regulatory loopholes that biohackers navigate and the broader implications for regulat...

  Her Excellency  Hakima El Haite As a guest of honor at the Certified Economic Diplomat (CED) event on September 21 – format conducted by the IEF and its European partners, Her Excellency Hakima El Haite , a prominent environmental scientist and former Minister, left participants in utter amaze with her passion and optimism about Africa's path to sustainability. It was the 7 th  round of the world-known concept, orchestrated and hosted by prof. Anis H. Bajrektarevic . With a deep insight into the challenges and opportunities continent’s facing, she emphasized the important role that Africa could play in addressing global issues like climate change, food security, and energy production, but only if it follows a united and sustainable path. prof.  Anis H. Bajrektarevic Born in Fez, Morocco, Excellency El Haite, is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of sustainable development environment and climate change, a climate scientist, an entrepreneur, and a ...