Foreign Affairs

China' Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

China’s Belt and Road Initiative Trapped in Pakistan-Afghanistan Conflict, Exposing Limits of Beijing’s Power to Halt Escalating War

US Nuclear Umbrella

Iran’s Nuclear Standoff Becomes Warning for Asia, Confidence in US Nuclear Umbrella Weakens

US Section 301 Probes Ignite Fresh Trade Tensions, China Signals Rare-Earth Export Curbs and Soybean Retaliation

US–China Rivalry: How Trump’s Global Tariff Reset Forces Asia to Choose Between Policy Whiplash and Structural Dependence

South Korea’s Chaebols Continue Dominance Lee Jae Myung Struggles to Implement Long-Promised Economic Reforms

US–Japan Partnership Viewed Part of Broader Washington Strategy to Economically Isolate China and Strengthen Ally Networks

Security

UAE Secretly Strike Inside Iran

UAE Secretly Strike Inside Iran Marks Major Escalation in Gulf Conflict as Missile Warfare and Maritime Disruption Threaten Global Energy Security

PL-17 ultra-long-range air-to-air missile - J-10C Fighters

China’s PL-17 Ultra-Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile on J-10C Fighters Signals Potentially Disruptive Shift in Indo-Pacific Air Superiority and Beyond-Visual-Range Combat Doctrine

US Navy Nuclear Ohio-Class Submarine Surfaces in Gibraltar as Trump Rejects Iran Deal, Sparking Global Fears of Escalation in Strait of Hormuz

Russia Expands Pacific Fleet Warships to Escort Sanctioned Shadow Fleet Convoy Through Tsushima Strait Amid Rising Indo-Pacific Security Tensions

India’s Successful MIRV-Capable Advanced Agni Missile Flight Test Marks, Reshaping Nuclear Deterrence Dynamics Across Indo-Pacific

US Accelerates US$1.9 Billion Aegis Guam Defense Build-Up as China’s DF-26 Ballistic Missiles and Hypersonic Glide Weapons Threaten Pacific War Fears