China’s Stance on the Iran-US Strait of Hormuz Crisis
In response to the US blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, China has adopted a strategy of common security, or zero-sum security, a central...
Dushanbe trades a limited amnesty for the closure of its UN case
The UN Human Rights Council has ended its confidential review of the situation in Tajikistan after Emomali Rahmon's government reported unspecified “measures and commitments.”...
Can Andy Burnham Deliver Growth Without Spooking Investors?
Andy Burnham has officially begun his tenure as Britain's prime minister with something few of his recent predecessors enjoyed: breathing room. After replacing Keir...
Tehran’s Funeral and a World Where Sovereignty Becomes Conditional
The march in Tehran on Monday, July 6, was, in size and scope, the high point of a ceremony that had begun several days...
Can Andy Burnham Deliver the Change Britain Wants?
Britain enters a new political chapter on Monday as Andy Burnham becomes the country's seventh prime minister in just a decade, replacing Keir Starmer...
Is America’s Power Grid Ready for the AI Boom?
The United States is racing to secure global leadership in artificial intelligence, expand domestic manufacturing, electrify transportation, and modernize its economy. Yet beneath these...
The Paradox of Central Asian Integration: From Hegemonic Dependency to a Trans-Regional “Chain Coalition”
Central Asia is a complex and geopolitically significant area, comprising five ethnic-based republics: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The region’s current security system...
The Calm Is the Anomaly: Why the Taiwan Strait Is More Dangerous Than the Headlines Suggest
For a few weeks at the start of 2026, the Taiwan Strait looked almost quiet. Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense recorded no People's Liberation...
Could the Indus Waters Treaty Freeze Trigger South Asia’s Next Water War?
As Himalayan glaciers retreat and monsoon patterns collapse into unpredictability, the suspension of the world's most durable water treaty is no longer a bilateral...
The Strait of Hormuz Is Where Every Iran Ceasefire Goes to Die
On the morning of 7 July, an Iranian vessel struck three commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Within 48 hours — at the...