Japan and the US plan to bolster their defenses against hypersonic threats by teaming up to develop a hypersonic missile interceptor and satellite

The attempted armed mutiny in Russia on June 23-24, 2023, by the Wagner private military company, led by Russia’s controversial oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin, is continuing to generate shockwaves dome…

US defense strategists warn that China may use the distraction of the war in Ukraine to launch military action against Taiwan. They believe Chinese

Taiwan has just unveiled one of its secretive cruise missiles, part of a long-range arsenal that ensures conventional deterrence and counterstrike

The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is believed to be a sacred land. It has been referred to as “deva

Comparing the shakeout of China’s property sector to America’s Great Financial Crisis of 2008 has become a popular meme in the commentariat. Stock markets don’t see it that way: During the 10 months from November through August in 2008, US financial stocks…

Will China’s spreading property crisis spread to banks and financial institutions? Falling home prices have in recent months disrupted Chinese property developers’ plans to sell their u…

Harvard University Professor Stephen M Walt asserts in a recent article in Foreign Policy that five key questions should guide US policy toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Walt’s key ques…

Given the warm welcome Bashar al-Assad received at the Arab League just three months ago, one might have expected rather warmer words from Syria’s president about the state of Arab relations in a r…

The Japanese stock market has experienced an impressive upswing. Since January 2023, the Nikkei 225 index has risen by around 30% – by far outperforming

There have been reports that Ukrainian units have crossed the Dnipro River and established bridgeheads on the eastern side – which could be an important moment in Ukraine’s summer counteroffensive …

China’s Zhongzhi Enterprise Group headline-making revelations have investors uttering global markets’ least favorite word: contagion. A liquidity crisis at the troubled shadow bank comes just …

The United Nations Under-Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths made a visit this week to Myanmar’s military capital Naypyidaw, and went mano-a-mano wi…

MANILA – The historic meeting among leaders of the United States, Japan and South Korea this week at Camp David has been hailed as a “new milestone” in the burgeoning trilateral alliance. For…

An application in the United States seeking protection from creditors while Evergrande Group restructures its heavy debt has burdened Chinese stocks as it fueled investors’s concerns about Ch…

The price of hedging China risk on world markets hasn’t fluttered during the past couple of weeks, which means that investors with real money on the line and speculators looking for a score aren’t …

The US intelligence community says Ukraine’s offensive has failed by not reaching its stated objective, to take the city of Melitopol. According to a report in the Washington Post, Ukrain…

The nomination of Senator Anwar ul Haq Kakar, a resident of Balochistan province, as the caretaker prime minister of Pakistan is a good decision by the powerful establishment to bring people from u…

Ukraine: It’s now or never Uwe Papart observes how the Ukrainian counteroffensive, touted as a significant effort, has stalled without breaching Russia’s fortified defenses. A territorial com…

The federal Labor government used the recent ALP national conference to address internal dissent over the controversial AUKUS security pact and its plan for acquiring nuclear-powered submarines. Ta…