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Taiwan Powers AI: The Hardware Realignment

Innovative technologies, including artificial intelligence, have ceased to be a niche technology, becoming the mainstay of modern economies. Hyperscalers and enterprise artificial intelligence solutions,...

KHAN Missiles and the Potential Balance of Power in ASEAN

In the last decade, Southeast Asia has experienced an acceleration in the modernization of defense equipment, especially Indonesia, which is now the first operator...

Indonesia’s Telco Crossroad: Challenges and Opportunities in the Global South

Indonesia’s telecommunications sector is at a historic crossroads.  After a decade of consolidation, three groups — TelkomGroup (with Telkomsel), Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison (IOH) and XL Axiata/Smartfren (XL Smart)...

The End of New START: Is a New US-Russia Arms Race on the Horizon?

The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), the only remaining bilateral arms control agreement between the United States (US) and Russia, is set...

Greece Navigates its Energy Future Amid Turbulent Regional Waters

As East Mediterranean energy development projects advance, Greece navigates the geopolitical chessboard of energy and accelerates the roll-out of regional infrastructure. Following the completion of...

Ukraine: The War Nobody Knows How to End

Wars Are Easy to Start—and harder to End Starting a war is simple; ending one is far harder. The problem of war termination has long...

From Isolation to Integration

It was no normal day in Kabul on the 20th of August 2025. The city, once ravaged by war and suspicion, welcomed an event...

The Limits of Trilateral Cooperation

The recent visit of Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Afghanistan Acting Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Kabul brought into focus...

Condemned, not Cured: The plight of Institutionalized Honor

“No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.” - Simone de Beauvoir...

The Security Risks of Afghan Instability

The instability of Afghanistan has again become the focus of the international discourse not as the local issue but as a global crisis on...

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The Benefits of ‘Expo’ Diplomacy

Expo isn't usually seen as a platform for international...

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Egypt, China and the SCO: A New Era of Eurasian Connectivity

With President Xi Jinping's anticipated visit to Egypt in...

Venezuela’s Oil Deal Has a Guyana Problem — and an OPEC One

The August 28th oil deal's least-noticed effects run through...
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