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From Beijing Talks to Moscow Pact: North Korea’s Long Game Against Denuclearization
The Six-Party Talks (SPT) launched in 2003 with the first round held in Beijing. They continued through six rounds until 2007 but completely broke...
The Strategic Paradox: A War with Iran Threatens to Undermine US Power While Strengthening China
The choice of military escalation in the conflict with Iran is an important juncture in modern geopolitics. However, while the conflict is justified in...
Iranian Defenses and Counterstrikes Put Beijing’s Military Tech to the Test Against US Forces
Beijing strategically and practically benefits from the performance of Iranian defenses and attacks against US and Israeli forces (based on the data of the...
Britain’s Bases, America’s War, and a Dangerous New Risk
Britain’s decision, reported by Reuters, to let the United States use RAF Fairford and Diego Garcia for strikes linked to the Iran crisis is...
Washington’s New Tariff Wall and the Transformation of US-ASEAN Economic Relations
The Strategic Pivot from IEEPA to Section 301
On March 11, 2026, a few weeks after the United States Supreme Court canceled emergency tariff authority...
America’s Gulf Bases Are No Longer Shields: The Limits of U.S. Military Power
Authors: Muhammad Rauhan Rasheed and Asif Al Hasan*
In an interesting development, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, refused to be a part of the...
After Hormuz: Winners, Losers, and the Return of Energy Geopolitics
The de facto closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not merely another oil shock. It is a structural rupture in the global energy...
China’s Defense of Hemedti’s RSF Network Provokes US Crackdown on PLA Companies
In a speech on November 19, 2025, President Trump spoke at length about the horrific atrocities being committed in Sudan, specifically by Colombian mercenaries...
Behind China’s Abstention: The Calculus of Not Condemning Iran’s Gulf Strikes
China abstained from voting on UN Security Council Resolution 2817 in March 2026, which condemned Iranian attacks on Gulf states and Jordan by a...
‘Africa Forward’ Summit: France Strengthening Africa’s Development Agenda
The United States-Israeli war in the Islamic Republic of Iran shattered Africa's economic landscape and left an emotional devastation. Europe is fractured, but completely....