- August 20th, 2026
Global oil markets briefly surged to nearly $120 a barrel on Monday before retreating after remarks by Donald Trump suggested that the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran might soon wind down. In an interview with CBS, the...
Japan is considering a significant expansion of its military presence on the remote island of Iwo Jima as rising Chinese naval activity beyond the First Island Chain fuels concern in Tokyo about the vulnerability of key Pacific bases such as...
China’s escalating restrictions on Japanese defence-linked companies have largely been framed as a bilateral clash between Asia’s two largest economies. Yet the consequences extend far beyond Tokyo and Beijing. Across Southeast Asia, where supply chains for rare earths, electronics, automotive...
The latest military confrontation between Pakistan and Afghanistan marks one of the most serious turning points in relations between the two neighbors since the Afghan Taliban returned to power in August 2021. What began as recurring border skirmishes and mutual...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used the Ninth Congress of the ruling Workers’ Party to deliver a sweeping message of defiance and consolidation: his regime will press ahead with state-driven economic development, accelerate a military buildup centered on nuclear...
South Korea’s spy agency has ignited fresh debate over the future of the world’s only hereditary communist dynasty, reporting that National Intelligence Service (NIS) believes Kim Jong Un has settled on a daughter of about 13 as his eventual successor....
Indonesia’s ambition to step into the exclusive club of aircraft carrier operators has captured regional attention, but it has also triggered a searching debate at home about doctrine, affordability and strategic coherence. Jakarta’s reported plan to acquire the retired Italian...
China is rapidly expanding its reach across the Indo-Pacific, deploying a shadow fleet of nominally civilian fishing vessels as a covert extension of the People’s Liberation Army Navy — the world’s largest naval force by hull count. By weaponizing hundreds...
China has sharply escalated its retaliation against Japan’s accelerating military expansion under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, imposing sweeping export bans and blacklisting some of the country’s most critical defense and technology institutions in a move that deepens one of the...
China has warned it will take “firm countermeasures” if the United States moves ahead with fresh trade investigations targeting Chinese strategic industries, escalating tensions just days after the US Supreme Court curtailed President Donald Trump’s authority to impose tariffs under...
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