China - US

China’s Landward Advance: Can Washington’s Indo-Pacific Strategy Contain Beijing’s Expanding Influence in South Asia?

The great power contest between Washington and Beijing is playing out not just in trade tariffs and technological rivalry — it is increasingly manifesting in steel and concrete, in pipelines and ports, in the tension between sea lanes and land...
Chinese Society

China’s Waning Ascent: How the World’s Second-Largest Economy Is Rewriting Global Power Equations

For more than four decades, China was the world’s great economic miracle — a once-impoverished nation that transformed itself into an industrial and technological giant. Since Deng Xiaoping’s economic reforms of 1978, China’s GDP expanded at an average annual rate...
Australia–Japan Submarines

Why Australia and Japan Should Forge a Defence Alliance Around a New Submarine

Canberra’s August 2025 announcement that it will purchase 11 upgraded Mogami-class frigates from Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries sent ripples through the Indo-Pacific. The deal, worth tens of billions, was not only Australia’s largest-ever naval procurement from a non-Western partner but also...
Türkiye’s KAAN Fighter Jets

Southeast Asia Turns to Ankara: Why Turkish Arms Deals Are Reshaping Regional Defense Architecture

From drones to frigates, missile systems and even fifth-generation fighter jets, a new supplier in Southeast Asia’s defence landscape has been making headlines: Türkiye. Announcements of Turkish arms contracts, deliveries, and deployments by Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines over the past two years...
Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) and foreign leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin (centre left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (centre right), walk to the Tiananmen rostrum ahead of a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender in Beijing, China, Sep 3, 2025.

China’s Xi pushes Global Governance Initiative as alternative to Western-led order: Can Beijing deliver substance beyond slogans?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s newly unveiled Global Governance Initiative (GGI) marks Beijing’s clearest statement of intent to reshape the international order, analysts say, as the world reels from intensifying great-power rivalry and the breakdown of postwar alliances. Unveiled at the...
Journalists gaza

Israel’s Targeting of Journalists Reflects Decades-Long Strategy to Silence Palestinian Voices Since 1967

When Israeli missiles struck Nasser Hospital in the southern Gaza Strip on August 25, 2025, they left behind more than rubble, shattered wards, and grieving families. They extinguished 22 lives — including those of five Palestinian journalists. The deaths marked...
Pakistan Army

Military Imbalance in Pakistan: How the Pakistan Army Shaped a Nation and Faces a New Rival in the Skies

South Asian geopolitics: While most nations have armies, in Pakistan, the army has a nation. This statement, though frequently repeated, encapsulates a stark and profound truth about the role of the military in shaping Pakistan's national identity, governance, foreign policy,...
Iran's 'Missile City' Video Reveals Strengths and Vulnerabilities

Reality on the Ground: Fuel Speculation of Imminent Israeli Strike on Iran’s Nuclear Facilities; Smoke Without Fire?

Over the past year, a flurry of reports in Western media has painted a consistent picture: Israel is gearing up for a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. The headlines, often citing anonymous intelligence officials, suggest urgency, readiness, and strategic...
LCA-Tejas

Safran-HAL Engine Deal: India Strengthens Military Aviation with Game-Changing Safran-HAL Jet Engine Collaboration

In a move that could alter the strategic balance of India’s aerospace and defense industry, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and France’s Safran Aircraft Engines signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The deal, focused on co-developing and producing military engines...
US Dollar - Chinese Yuan

China’s Ascending Role in Global South: A Strategic Challenge to US Dollar and Global Hegemony

Over the past few decades, China has been steadily asserting itself as a key player in the "Global South," a term that has evolved from the Cold War-era Non-Aligned Movement, representing developing countries striving for autonomy from superpower influence. As...
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