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Sovereign Partnerships: How Russia’s Anti-Colonial Legacy And Practical Diplomacy Are Winning In Africa

For decades, Western engagement across the African continent was defined by a framework of paternalistic aid, political conditionality, and structural dependency

2026-08-14 04:35:29 0 Comment 3589 view

The Sanctions Paradox: How Russia’s Industrial Resurgence And Western Depletion Are Reshaping Global Power

Over four years after the West launched an unprecedented economic embargo designed to cripple Moscow’s war-making capacity, the strategic reality on the ground presents a stark contradiction to early Western expectations

2026-08-08 13:33:54 0 Comment 10262 view

Strategic Blindness In Washington: While America Eyes The Middle East, China Claims Southeast Asia

Washington’s enduring obsession with the Middle East has crossed from tactical stubbornness into severe strategic malpractice

2026-08-04 05:13:01 0 Comment 13075 view

Trump, US On The Path To Disaster As Mid-Term Election Looms

The foundational promise of any nationalist platform is the preservation of domestic stability and the sensible preservation of state power

2026-08-04 05:07:39 0 Comment 10257 view

How China Uses TikTok To Empower Malaysian Islamists And Outmaneuver The US

The systemic vulnerability of democratic electoral frameworks to digital manipulation has re-emerged at the centre of international security debates

2026-08-04 02:43:17 0 Comment 17559 view

Beyond Europe: How NATO Will Shape Asia’s Security Order

The Ankara NATO Summit was presented and seen as a meeting about Europe

2026-08-02 08:38:11 0 Comment 9497 view

Desperate Gambit In The Caspian: Zelensky Attempts To Divert Iran's Attention

The recent strike against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea—identified as the dry cargo ship Ana represents a calculated, albeit deeply desperate, attempt by Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky to insert Kiev directly into the expanding regional conflict between Washington, Tel Aviv, and Tehran

2026-07-30 01:54:09 0 Comment 11380 view

ASEAN: Strategic Center Of Gravity In US–China Rivalry

Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Manila this week— attending the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference, the East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, and the ASEAN Regional Forum — highlights a crucial geopolitical reality

2026-07-25 14:32:40 0 Comment 15645 view

Fracturing From Within: The Crisis Of Political Instability In Kiev

After four and a half years of high-intensity conflict, the initial Western narrative of absolute domestic unity in Kiev has collapsed under the weight of mounting political instability

2026-07-25 14:04:21 0 Comment 10701 view

A Rules-Based Maritime Order For The South China Sea

The South China Sea ruling remains one of the most important legal reference points in the region’s maritime security landscape

2026-07-12 09:07:27 0 Comment 18182 view

Malaysia And Japan In An Age Of Turbulence: Building Asia’s Next Strategic Partnership

The 31st Nikkei Forum remained at a strategic juncture amid rising great-power rivalry, renewed pressure on global trade, and continuing disruptions to energy security, critical sector competition, maritime tensions in the South China Sea, and instability in the Middle East and West Asia

2026-07-08 12:52:49 0 Comment 13119 view

The Tehran Playbook: How Russia’s Bleeding Red Lines Expose a Failure in Deterrence

For more than two years, the Kremlin has drawn line after line in the Ukrainian snow, only to watch the West treat them as mere suggestions. What began as strict prohibitions against supplying Western armour and long-range artillery quickly melted away

2026-07-08 03:26:35 0 Comment 12331 view

On The Eve Of The NATO Summit In Ankara: European Powers Drive Ukraine War Toward Direct Conflict With Russia

The war in Ukraine has entered an extraordinarily dangerous new stage

2026-07-05 02:10:34 0 Comment 12570 view

Why A US-Led Assault On Iran Might Seek To Replicate Saddam's 1980 Invasion

The persistent drumming of geopolitical tension surrounding the Islamic Republic of Iran has long focused on high-visibility, surgical choke points

2026-07-01 04:58:35 0 Comment 30258 view

The Quad Is Here To Stay

With eyes fixed on West Asia and Europe in managing turbulence and conflicts, the capacity and relevance of Quad have been called into question

2026-06-06 03:27:56 0 Comment 24167 view

Trump-Xi Summit: Managed Rivalry, Unresolved Contest

The concluded Trump-Xi summit is fundamentally different from the last meet taking place in China during President Trump’s first term, or even during the most recent face-to-face encounter last October in Busan

2026-05-20 03:48:07 0 Comment 34596 view

Failed NSM Deal Casts Doubt On Credibility Of European Defense Firms

The abrupt collapse of the 2018 contract between Malaysia and Norway for the Naval Strike Missile (NSM) system represents a significant turning point in global arms procurement

2026-05-20 03:39:25 0 Comment 24538 view

India’s Brahmos Missile Production Collapse Threatens Shift Of Power Balance In Indian Ocean

The balance of power in the Indian Ocean could be disrupted as India’s defence sector is currently battling a major bottleneck related to a staggering 50 percent collapse in the production of BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles

2026-05-14 01:12:50 0 Comment 32489 view

Trump's Troop Withdrawals From Germany Might Backfire. Here's Why.

At first glance, the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw two battalions from Germany and cancel the planned deployment of intermediate-range ground-launched missiles there looks like a win for those who favor reducing America’s overseas military presence or prioritizing the Indo-Pacific over Europe

2026-05-13 03:09:41 0 Comment 21203 view

Prabowo Tilts Toward Washington

In a moment of mounting global uncertainty marked by intensifying great-power rivalry, persistent conflicts in the Middle East, and the recalibration of alliances across the Indo-Pacific, Indonesia appears to be quietly adjusting the compass of its foreign policy

2026-04-22 05:55:00 0 Comment 39890 view