More: Security
Hormuz Is Yesterday’s Crisis. Bab-el-Mandeb Is Tomorrow’s
On Tuesday, three Houthi ballistic missiles slammed into the Tihamah, an Egyptian-owned cargo ship easing through Bab-el-Mandeb's eighteen-mile channel. A fourth missile hit the...
China Criticizes Taiwan War Games as Military Tensions Rise
China on Friday condemned Taiwan's annual Han Kuang military exercises as a “wasteful charade”, accusing Taipei of stoking fears of war as the island...
Saudi Arabia Builds Defence Alliances as Regional War Risks Rise
Saudi Arabia is turning to regional defence alliances as it faces growing attacks from Iran and its network of regional allies, while trying to...
North Korea Targets Japan as Regional Military Tensions Rise
North Korea has intensified its criticism of Japan's military expansion and its growing security cooperation with the United States and South Korea, portraying the...
The Red Sea: Emerging Complexities and Untapped Opportunities
Amid geopolitical changes, Red Sea security has attained new developments, creating heightened maritime tensions, while the Gulf States race to control the region. By...
Agentic Financial Fraud Is Becoming a Test of State Capacity
On 31 July 2026, OpenAI disclosed that it had disrupted a Cambodia-based criminal operation using ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and law-enforcement impersonation scams. The...
Is Afghanistan a Preview of Where Global Press Freedom Is Heading?
What Five Years of Directives Add Up To
On August 10, 2026, Reporters Without Borders marked five years of Taliban rule with an assessment that...
A Muslim Trifecta: The New Challenge to Washington’s Middle East
In the city where Islam began, three leaders sat down last Friday and signed something the region has not seen before. Saudi Arabia's Mohammed...
Is India’s Indus Freeze a Warning for Every Shared River on Earth?
Can a Treaty Survive Once One Side Decides Trust Is Gone
On May 15, 2026, an international tribunal in The Hague ruled that a dam...
America’s Peace Deals Need an Economic Doctrine
America’s foreign policy, is markedly robust in its deal-making energy. Since January of last year, the second Trump administration has charged forward to bring...