- November 22nd, 2025
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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