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“Taiwan is a troublemaker”—Is this Trump’s personal opinion?
Trump brought no bargaining chips to China, returned to the US with no concrete results, and there was no joint communique, no press conference,...
From Deterrence to Attrition: The Message Iran’s Resistance Sent to the China-U.S. Rivalry
Assessments of Trump’s recent trip to China indicate that the Iran-U.S. confrontation has moved beyond a regional crisis and has become a decisive variable...
Trump’s Taiwan Threats: US Arms Freeze, China Tensions, and Taiwan’s Military Future
President Trump's threat to Taiwan, using the threat of arms sales and halting military deals between Taiwan and the United States, came in the...
What Is GAESA and Why Is It Central to Rising US-Cuba Tensions?
U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has openly criticized a military business group in Cuba called GAESA for the country's economic problems. He...
Finland’s Massive Underground Shelters Become a Global Blueprint for Modern War Preparedness
Finland has developed one of the world’s most extensive civil defence systems, with thousands of underground shelters embedded beneath cities like Helsinki. The largest,...
US Gulf Defense Deals Aim to Curb China’s Middle East Expansion
The appointment of Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf as special envoy for Chinese affairs is directly linked to the failure of US President Donald Trump's...
Turkey Pushes NATO Unity Ahead of Major Alliance Summit in Ankara
Turkey will urge NATO members to reaffirm the alliance’s unity and strategic cohesion during the upcoming NATO leaders summit scheduled to take place in...
Russia Displays Nuclear Warhead Drills During Major Military Exercise
Russia released footage showing troops transporting and preparing nuclear warheads for mobile missile launch systems during a large scale military exercise taking place across...
Strategic Ambiguity Is Becoming the Gulf’s New Deterrence Doctrine
In the Gulf, the most important signals are increasingly the ones no actor fully confirms.
For decades, Gulf security rested on a relatively clear deterrence...
The Interwar Trap Returns: What 1919-1939 Europe Teaches the U.S., Japan, and South Korea Today
In contemporary debates on the Indo-Pacific, decision-makers sometimes invoke the lessons of the 1930s—mostly as a warning against “appeasement.” However, such a frame is...