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What’s Behind the New India-France Defense R&D Pact?

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 16:49
India and France are embarking on a new phase in their bilateral strategic cooperation.

The Variables of OPCON: What ‘Conditions’?

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 16:38
A look at how the definition of “Conditions-based OPCON Transition” has evolved over time. 

Never Say Never: The Coming Rapprochement of Taiwan and Elon Musk?

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 16:27
Changing geopolitics and tech supply chain competition may bring the two back from estrangement sooner rather than later. After all, they really need each other. 

What Intensified Trade With China Has Meant for Border Communities in Kazakhstan

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 15:36
While border areas in eastern Kazakhstan have experienced a boom in economic activities, local community concerns and experiences remain widely neglected. 

China’s Low Rights Model Goes Global

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 15:31
China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities, and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model.

‘Autocracy 2.0’: How China Reinvented Tyranny for the Innovation Age

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 15:21
Insights from Jennifer Lind.

Trump’s Deportations Threaten the US Relationship With the Pacific, and China Seeks to Capitalize

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 14:57
Increased deportations and unequal and growingly restrictive visa policies are jeopardizing the trust built by decades of hosting Pacific Islanders – while China moves in the opposite direction.

China and Russia Seek to Deepen Defense and Security Cooperation

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 14:31
Do not cling to hopes that either China or Russia will moderate the other. 

Strategic Priorities for ASEAN’s Newest Member

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 14:17
Membership of ASEAN brings Timor-Leste political visibility and economic opportunity, but also new exposure to disputes.

China’s ‘White Paper’ Protests: 3 Years Later

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 13:44
More than 100 people were arrested over the White Paper protests. Three years later, the status of many of those people remains unknown.

Pakistan: Entrenchment of the Pretorian Guard

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 11:37
The 27th Amendment severely undermines democracy, reshapes the military chain of command, and weakens civilian oversight of Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal.

Climate Change, COP30, and Where the World Goes From Here

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 09:09
Energy analyst Peter Kiernan says the conference wasn’t all bad but emission targets are unlikely to be met.

Gaza Peacekeeping: Pakistan’s Delicate Balancing Act Between the US and the Muslim World

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 06:24
Pakistani Defense Minister Asif has declared publicly that Pakistan will not participate in any arrangement that involves disarming Hamas.

As Bengal Elections Near, a Battle Over Bengali Patriotic Songs Grows Shriller

Wed, 26/11/2025 - 05:43
The BJP is using the 150th anniversary of India’s national song, "Vande Mataram," to polarize society and win votes.

Bali: Killing Fields in a Tropical Paradise

Tue, 25/11/2025 - 22:41
Bali’s beaches, bars, and luxury resorts hide a chilling past: 60 years ago, these were execution sites and mass graves.

India’s New Rules to Tackle Deepfakes Look Good, But Are Hard to Put in Action

Tue, 25/11/2025 - 17:27
The proposed rules to address the menace of deepfakes are technically unfeasible, socially naïve, and legally clumsy.

Former Defense Minister Nakatani Says Japan’s Next Submarine ‘Will Eventually Need Nuclear Propulsion’ 

Tue, 25/11/2025 - 16:17
If Tokyo acquires nuclear-powered subs, it would be a significant strategic shift for the only nation to have suffered atomic bombings. 

A Triangle Across Oceans: Australia, Canada, and India’s Minilateral Experiment

Tue, 25/11/2025 - 15:52
Trilateral arrangements are not uncommon in the Indo-Pacific, but this one stands apart for three reasons. 

How China’s Smart City AI Is Moving Into Environmental Control

Tue, 25/11/2025 - 15:41
AI infrastructure is being repurposed to provide real-time ecological data – and changing the structure of urban environmental management.

South Korea Eyes Defense Exports to Europe, Middle East

Tue, 25/11/2025 - 15:17
Seoul had apparently picked two priority regions in its quest to become a top-four global defense exporter.

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