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Three Failed NPT Conferences: Is the Nuclear Order Shifting From Rules to Security Alliances?
Three consecutive review conferences have now ended without consensus. When delegates to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference gathered in New York earlier...
US and China Set for AI Talks in September
The United States and China are preparing to hold high-level talks on artificial intelligence in September, marking the first official AI dialogue between the...
Can Trump’s NATO visit reset U.S.-Turkey ties?
Turkey emerged as one of the biggest diplomatic winners from the NATO summit in Ankara after President Donald Trump lavished praise on Turkish President...
Putin approved secret China Russia military training, sources say
Classified Russian documents and European officials indicate that Russia's covert military training programme with China received approval at the highest levels of the Kremlin,...
Russia’s Taliban Engagement: Strategic Logic, Inherent Contradictions, and Regional Implications
Russia's May 2026 military-technical cooperation agreement with Afghanistan's Taliban government represents a calculated geopolitical calculation rather than ideological alignment. Russia became the first country...
Can Trump’s Critical Minerals Pricing Plan Break China’s Dominance?
The Trump administration is attempting to reshape global critical minerals markets through a Western trading bloc designed to counter China's dominance over minerals essential...
The Pyongyang Diaries: Xi’s North Korea Visit and the North Korea/Russia Axis
Xi Jinping's historic Pyongyang summit, coming after 7 years of limited diplomatic engagement, has been touted as a Chinese effort to bring North Korea...
Somaliland Opens Taiwan Office Amid China and Somalia Pressure
Somaliland has reaffirmed its right to choose its international partners as it opened a new representative office in Taiwan, deepening ties between two politically...
How Moscow’s wartime alliance with Pyongyang is redrawing the map of Northeast Asian power
For decades, the default assumption in Asian geopolitics was simple: if you wanted to understand North Korea, you watched Beijing. China was the lifeline,...
Russia and Syria Discuss New Role for Military Bases After Assad Era
Russia said it is in discussions with Syria over a possible "reformatting" of its military facilities in the country, signaling a potential adjustment to...