With growing trade volumes, infrastructure initiatives, and initial geological explorations in Afghanistan, Uzbekistan is testing whether economic interdependence and proximity can function as a subst...
Primary-source analysis of the 15th Five-Year Plan reveals a computing infrastructure strategy already being deployed in Southeast Asia, with explicit military-civil fusion mandates that current expor...
The American and Israeli attacks on Iran and the confusion within the United States over the war’s objectives are making headlines. The attacks, and Iran’s counter-tactics of targeting American milita...
On Monday, oil prices briefly touched $120 a barrel before falling back after President Trump told CBS the “war is very complete, pretty much”, claiming Iran has “no navy, no communications, no air fo...
Within a single week in early March 2026, Beijing unveiled a sweeping five-year plan to build a “childbirth-friendly society,” committing 180 billion yuan (US$25.8 billion) to free prenatal care, IVF ...
After US bunker-buster strikes exposed the vulnerability of Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, China is moving to bury its own critical assets deeper underground. This month, the South China...
For years, much of the Western discussion around blockchain has been framed through the lens of crypto markets, speculative tokens and decentralized finance. China, however, has taken a different rout...
When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of US combat operations against the Islamic State group in 2017, he assured the American public of his commitment to “get the strat...
The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error. This principle has a parallel when it comes to the economic consequences of wars a...
Seventy years after the 1956 Suez Crisis humbled Britain and France, the world is witnessing a strikingly similar drama at another strategic maritime chokepoint: the Strait of Hormuz. In both cases, a...
US and Israeli forces carried out a fresh wave of missile strikes on Iran late Monday and early Tuesday – reportedly hitting residential buildings, at least one school and electricity infrastructure –...
President Donald Trump telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, March 10. In the hour-long conversation the two leaders discussed the Iran and Ukraine conflicts. Trump told Putin he want...
It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the US war in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026. Tru...
President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, even though the ship posed no threat, because it was “more fun” than c...
Pushing back against the K-pop industrial complex, Effie is the 'fresh and wild' underground rap star deferring to no-one
