Defense
Russia’s Doomsday Missile: Decoding Russia’s Burevestnik Cruise Missile
President Vladimir Putin announced on Sunday that Russia successfully tested the Burevestnik nuclear-powered cruise missile. This missile, known as the 9M730, is a ground-launched,...
Preventing Blind Trust: U.S.-China Cooperation on Military AI Judgment
Authors: Hyeyoon Jeong and Mathew Jie Sheng Yeo*
In The Art of War, Sun Tzu extolled the virtues of speed in war by proclaiming, “Speed...
Japan’s Takaichi Faces Crucial Test of Defence Ambitions Ahead of Trump Visit
Japan’s newly appointed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is heading into her first major diplomatic test as she prepares to host U.S. President Donald Trump...
Small, Smart, and Deadly: The Gripen, Ukraine’s Dream Jet
Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signed a letter of intent to export up to 150 Gripen fighter jets from...
North Korea Rattles Region with Ballistic Missile Launch Ahead of Trump’s Asia Visit
North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles early Wednesday, its first such launch since May, raising tensions just a week before U.S. President Donald...
Turkey’s Jet Gamble: Ankara Races to Reclaim the Skies
Turkey is moving urgently to restore its fading air power as regional rivals surge ahead. Once a rising defence powerhouse, Ankara now finds itself...
Russian Strikes Kill Two in Kyiv as Putin-Trump Summit Put on Hold
Russia launched a fresh wave of overnight attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, killing two people and injuring several others in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials said...
“Awake Or Asleep”: Reason, Not Politics, Is The Path To Nuclear War Avoidance
“Whether we are awake or asleep, we should never let ourselves be persuaded except on the evidence of our reason.” - René Descartes, Discourse...
Friendless in Crisis: What the Israel-Iran Conflict Reveals About Non-Western Alliances
In a realist world, power is rarely exercised alone. It takes coordination, sustained support, and mutual loyalty to project strength. That is the foundation...
Chinese Jets Edge Out the West
Indonesia’s decision to purchase 42 Chinese-made Chengdu J-10C fighter jets marks a major turning point in Southeast Asia’s defence landscape, and, more broadly, in...