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...
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....
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...
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....
When US officials weigh the fallout of President Donald Trump’s stunning move to slap a 50% tariff on Indian exports, they may not need to pore over spreadsheets or trade projections. Instead, they can look halfway across the globe to...
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...
When India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi climbed into Vladimir Putin’s car on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, the moment was as symbolic as it was spontaneous. For 45 minutes, the leaders of India and...
When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January 2025, few doubted he would double down on his trademark trade wars. What few predicted was that his sweeping tariffs would reshape the geopolitics of the world’s largest emerging economies,...
When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to Washington in June 2023, the reception could hardly have been more grand. The White House rolled out the red carpet, staging a state dinner and a congressional address that underlined India’s rising...
In late 2025 or early 2026, the world will witness a milestone in global naval history. China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is preparing to field its first operational stealth fighters at sea—the twin-engine J-35—aboard the Type 003 Fujian supercarrier....