Canada seeks trade diversification and strategic autonomy, yet every available path narrows room to maneuver elsewhere. One ...

The recent Japan–Philippines pact is not simply about defense. It is about determining whether the most stabilizing elements ...

The end of the era of global alliances marks the beginning of a new security architecture, one in which effectiveness is ...

This week we examine a suspicious Russian tanker under military escort in Libya, a brazen attack by Islamist insurgents in Niger, an Iran ‘armada’ that seems all for show, and the implications of a ...

AI-powered military technologies can tilt the balance of power in the US-China rivalry. In this fight, victory is measured in ...

Artisanal gold mining is known to be a driver of global conflict, and the stakes are rising as the precious metal hits all-time highs. The M23 conflict in eastern DRC shows how gold price and peace ...

Settling disputes intra-regionally and respecting sovereignty have long stood as the fundamental norms of ASEAN. Phnom Penh ...

The prospect of a US military strike against Iran over its violent crackdown on protests has laid bare a shift in Middle East ...

The foreign policy of the second Trump administration may appear chaotic, but it is constrained by three dictates: cheap oil, ...

This week we examine show elections in Myanmar, the re-deployment of a US Carrier Strike Group to the Middle East, and new US ...

President Trump’s Greenland obsession is not a show of strength. It is a self-inflicted liability: alienating a longstanding ...

The defining risk for Southeast Asia in 2026 is not simply “geopolitics.” It is policy volatility, and it is arriving in ...