Zohran Mamdani

Democrats Score Sweeping Victories as Shutdown Drags On, Signaling Deep Political Trouble for Trump

One year and a day after Donald Trump secured a second term as president—and on the 35th day of the U.S. government shutdown, which has now tied a record for the longest in history—the Democratic Party roared back to life....
Syria interim president, Ahmed Sharaa

Syria’s President to Make Historic Visit to Washington for Talks on Sanctions, Reconstruction, and Counterterrorism

Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa will travel to Washington later this month for a groundbreaking visit expected to focus on lifting remaining U.S. sanctions, post-war reconstruction, and counterterrorism cooperation, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani announced on Sunday at the Manama Dialogue...
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Trump and Xi’s First Meeting in Six Years Marks a Fragile Thaw in US-China Relations

China’s president, Xi Jinping, has met with his American counterpart, Donald Trump, for their first face-to-face talks in six years — a meeting that has injected a degree of optimism into one of the world’s most consequential and turbulent bilateral...
Donald Trump

Trump Orders Immediate Resumption of U.S. Nuclear Testing, Triggering Global Alarm

In a stunning and deeply controversial move, United States President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to resume nuclear weapons testing “on an equal basis” with other countries’ programs. If the order implies the return of explosive nuclear tests —...
first Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

A Missile Past Its Prime: Why the Minuteman III’s Endless Life Extension Forces a Rethink of America’s Nuclear Triad

When the first Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) went on alert in 1970, the Beatles had just broken up, and Richard Nixon was still in his first term as president. More than half a century later, the same missile...
Afghanistan’s Bagram air base

Bagram Air Base: New Flashpoint in U.S.–China Rivalry and South Asian Geopolitics

In recent months, the discussion around Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan has surged beyond military logistics into the heart of international strategic debate. The former American hub for operations in Central and South Asia is now in the spotlight again...
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...
U.S. Marines with the 3rd Marine Division conduct a simulated missile fire mission using the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) ROGUE Fires launcher during an Expeditionary Advanced Base Field Training Exercise at the Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, on July 28, 2025. (Photo: U.S. DoD)

U.S. Tests NMESIS Anti-Ship Missiles in Japan Amid Indo-Pacific Military Build-Up to Counter China’s Expanding Naval Presence

The USNS Guam offloaded a system that may reshape the military balance in the Western Pacific. Crated aboard the ship was the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS), a highly mobile, ground-based anti-ship missile platform. Within weeks, Marines from the 12th...
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Russia and China Conduct First-Ever Joint Submarine Patrol in Sea of Japan, Alarming U.S., Japan, and South Korea

 Russian and Chinese submarines have conducted a coordinated joint patrol in the Sea of Japan, shifting their naval cooperation from the visible surface to the opaque depths of undersea warfare. This unprecedented maneuver followed Maritime Interaction/Joint Sea 2025, a bilateral...
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