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Why Is Taiwan Calling China’s Planned Naval Drill with Indonesia Dangerous?

Taiwan has condemned planned Chinese naval drills with an Indonesian warship off the island's east coast, calling the exercise a dangerous provocation and accusing...

Who Actually Controls the Money Meant to Rebuild Gaza?

On July 30, Gaza's parties signed a disarmament roadmap that Washington called a historic breakthrough, the latest turn in a sequencing fight this outlet...

Mecca Defence Pact: What It Means for China, the US and the Middle East

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement, signed on August 7, 2026, by Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and Pakistan, marks an important development in the evolving security...

Two Navies, Two Ports: How Vietnam Is Hedging Between Great Powers

In the final days of July 2026, Vietnam’s coastline hosted an unusual sequence of guests. On 26 July, a Russian Navy flotilla – including...

Exercising Restraint: Situating Poland’s Strategy vis-à-vis NATO’s Collective Defense

On July 30th, a projectile object landed in Tarnawa-Kolonia, a village in eastern Poland. Upon further investigation, this object was identified as a Russian...

Japan’s Defence White Paper 2026 Highlights New Ways of Warfare: What Is the Need of the Hour?

Japan has remained at the forefront of global attention for several reasons in recent times — from concerns over an economic bubble and a...

“On the Evidence of Our Reason”: Why Israel Needs More Explicit Nuclear Deterrence

“Whether we are awake or asleep, we should never let ourselves be persuaded except on the evidence of our reason.” -René Descartes, Discourse on...

The West is buying time, but to whom is it giving it?

Military mobilization has always been a difficult issue for the European Union, just as difficult as the creation of a common European army. However,...

Missile OPEC: The Physical Ceiling on a Three-Front Strategy

On Monday, as Taiwan entered the final week of its largest-ever Han Kuang war games, a Greek-owned Patriot battery arrived in Saudi Arabia to...

The Mecca Pact Is a Confession, Not a Deterrent

The Mecca Joint Defence Agreement is not really a well-organised military alliance. Instead, it looks more like a backup plan, in which three middle...

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Is Central Asia Finally Breaking Free from Russia’s Strategic Shadow?

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Japan’s Two-Track China Strategy Is a Model for US Allies

Japan's simultaneous pursuit of hard Taiwan deterrence and quiet...

The Atlantic–Pacific Bridge: From Magellan to Panama to a New Era of Connectivity

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