Summary This article examines whether recent Chinese economic, military, and political actions signify a strategic shift from a regionally focused posture to global competition with the United States. Developments such as restrictions on rare earth…
Summary This article argues that the United States National Security Strategy (NSS) documents issued under different administrations—Republican and Democratic alike—do not differ in their fundamental objectives. From Reagan to Trump and from Clinton to Biden,…
Protests and clashes with police and security services have erupted across Iran over the past few days, involving broad sectors of society. The unrest follows a near-collapse of the economy after decades of political repression,…
Recent American military actions in Venezuela, threats directed at the regimes of Colombia and Cuba, and the renewed reiteration of Trump’s position on acquiring Greenland, even through military means, must be viewed as components of…
As analysed previously, the American extraction of Venezuelan President Maduro could not have been undertaken without the support of the Venezuelan army and his political circle. This explains why the Venezuelan army did not move…
One year after the fall of Bashar al-Assad and the collapse of his decades-long regime, celebrations erupted across Syria. From a human perspective, the end of an entrenched dictatorship is a moment that deserves recognition….
The United Kingdom has played a consequential role in enabling the advancement of China’s military and technological capabilities—particularly in the domains of artificial intelligence and semiconductor engineering—by permitting or insufficiently scrutinising the acquisition of key…
A series of constitutional amendments has been ratified in Pakistan by a U.S.-backed, military-controlled Senate, consolidating military power and clearing the path for Washington’s regional agenda, with China as the primary focus. The move echoes…
The car bombing in Delhi, which occurred almost simultaneously with the attack in Islamabad, elicited a markedly different response from the Indian government compared with earlier incidents such as the Pahalgam attack in Kashmir. While…
Abstract This article examines recent political developments in Northern Cyprus, particularly the election of Tufan Erhürman as president, and situates them within broader regional and international dynamics. It argues that while local political and socioeconomic…