Five years after Kabul fell, the Taliban have proved durable — but the discipline that won the war is hollowing out the state ...

India holds one of the largest rare earth reserve bases outside China and produces almost no magnets, and the distance ...

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland highlights how regional competition over the statelet is fusing conflict zones in the Middle East and Horn of Africa.

Beneath AI and autonomy lies a second contest: whose standards decide when an allied machine may act, and when its authority ...

Amid the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, Pakistan blames India for its water insecurity. A true audit of the crisis starts at home.

President Trump’s tariffs aren’t just a one-off episode of economic nationalism – they are evidence that the post-war liberal international order is giving way to something new.

Russia’s Arctic buildup is a five-dimensional threat. Countering it means right-sizing Russia — neither paranoia nor ...

If the non-proliferation regime is to survive its present crisis, credible non-nuclear middle powers must move from supporting participants to agenda-setters.

China's PL-17 reaches nearly 400 km to hunt the tankers and AWACS that hold Western air power together — and US and European ...

Mark Carney’s stand against Washington confirms that the global trading system has entered a post-liberal era defined by ...

The structural composition of China’s R&D expenditure reveals a highly disciplined strategic calculus. Historically, Beijing ...

Jakarta framed its August passing exercise with the Chinese navy as routine maritime diplomacy. But this is not the case.