As China, India ramp up naval rivalry, is the Indian Ocean at a maritime crossroads?
China’s ports and ship deployments in India’s backyard raise concerns of control and influence in Indian Ocean as next possible flashpoint. Read More Here
Military purges put Xi Jinping’s singer-wife in the spotlight
Speculation is rife over whether Peng Liyuan is helping Xi control China’s military. Read More Here
The China Factor in Modi’s Mission to Moscow
The alliance of convenience between Russia and China threatens not only to accelerate an increasingly overstretched America’s relative decline, but also to erode Indian security. Read More Here
Trump’s Return Would Transform Europe
Without Washington’s embrace, the continent could revert to an anarchic and illiberal past. Read More Here
This week, NATO III celebrates itself
Is the alliance is broken and sleepwalking into war? Read More Here
Starmer will have to walk a US-China tightrope
There’s already some discord between the two countries when it comes to China, but there are areas where they could work on similar approaches. Read More Here
The magnificent mind of Emmanuel Macron
The president is a lonely, tragic figure whose strange personality has inflicted chaos and carnage on French politics. Read More Here
India’s Modi makes first Russia visit since Ukraine invasion
The Indian leader treads a fine line between maintaining a longstanding relationship with Moscow and courting closer ties with the West. Read More Here
How the Global South is building a better world, Bric by Bric
If Western countries want to enter the house the Brics nations are building, it would have to be as genuine partners rather than would-be landlords. Read More Here
Who’s who in Britain’s new Labour government led by Keir Starmer
Britain’s new Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed a Cabinet of Labour Party lawmakers. Labour has spent 14 years in opposition, so few have held government office before. Read More Here
