Azerbaijan

Trump’s Caucasus Strategy: Azerbaijan Is the Next Front of US-China Competition

The Trump administration can build on its peace-deal momentum and push out Chinese influence in the Caucasus. The Trump administration’s recent success in brokering the historic peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia — culminating in the establishment of the Trump...
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...
Tomahawk cruise missiles

New Cuban Crisis: Tomahawk cruise missiles Tensions Push Russia-Ukraine War Toward Nuclear Brink

The Russia-Ukraine War, now three years old, is entering its most perilous phase yet. The Kremlin has once again raised the nuclear specter — this time in response to Washington’s deliberations over supplying Kyiv with nuclear-capable Tomahawk cruise missiles. For...
China-US Chip War

China’s Declaration: “Fight to the End” in US trade war

On Tuesday, October 14, Beijing made clear that it is prepared to go all the way in its trade confrontation with Washington. In a sharply worded statement, China’s commerce ministry asserted: “If you wish to fight, we shall fight to...
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...
ion-exchange and solvent extraction system in China

China Tightens Grip on Rare-Earth Technologies After Pakistan’s Metal Deal with the U.S.

Beijing’s latest export restrictions on rare-earth extraction technologies have jolted the global minerals market, signaling a new phase in the geopolitical contest over critical resources that underpin modern defense and green technologies. The move comes after Chinese authorities learned that...
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...
China's Trade Slowdown in November Sparks Concerns Amid Imminent U.S. Trade Risks

Trump’s Tariffs Jolt Southeast Asia: A Region Reconsiders Its Future Between Washington and Beijing

Until early April 2025, Southeast Asian capitals seemed almost relaxed about Donald Trump’s return to the White House. Unlike European leaders bracing for another transatlantic breakdown, or East Asian allies fretting about security commitments, governments in ASEAN were relatively sanguine....
Mighty Hornet IV repurposes a known airframe into a Mach 0.8 attack platform with a ceiling above 35,000 feet and a role in advanced MUM-T employment.

US-Taiwan Collaboration Transforms Firejet Target Drone Into Hornet IV, a Next-Generation High-Speed Combat UAV

On the exhibition floor at the Taipei Aerospace & Defense Technology Exhibition (TADTE) in mid-September, a small jet that had until now been best known for training air-defence crews wore a very different label: attack unmanned aerial vehicle. The Mighty...
Afghanistan’s Bagram air base

China and Taliban Push Back Against Trump’s Bid to Reclaim Bagram Air Base

When U.S. President Donald Trump floated the idea of reclaiming Afghanistan’s Bagram air base last week, it instantly reignited debates about America’s fraught military history in the region, the future of U.S.–Taliban relations, and China’s growing role in Central Asia....
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