Islamabad’s Crisis of Control in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir
Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Obaid747 Deadly clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan-administered Kashmir this month have underscored the widespread public discontent in...
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ASEAN and Russia Agree to Deepen Cooperation During Special Summit in Kazan
Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) pose for an official photo during the ASEAN-Russia...
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Modi-Trump Meet Is Unlikely to Reset Relations Torn Over the Past Year
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi talks to U.S. President Donald Trump during the G-7 summit at Evian, France, June 16, 2026. Credit:...
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From Space to the Polar Depths: China Aims for a Three-Dimensional Presence in the Arctic
Credit: Shutterstock Last year, as part of China’s 15th Arctic expedition, two of China’s manned submersibles, the Fendouzhe and Jiaolong, conducted what...
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The Last Maoist: What Next for India?
Credit: Depositphotos On May 21, 2025, Indian security forces killed Nambala Keshava Rao, known as Basavaraju. He was the general secretary of...
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In China, Christianity Is Treated as a Cult
Credit: Shutterstock The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has decided some fundamental tenets of Christianity mark the world’s largest faith as a cult,...
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South Korea’s Nuclear Ambitions Clash With Political Realities
Credit: Depositphotos In the first week of June, two seemingly unrelated events took place in Seoul. On June 3, U.S. and South...
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When the Davidson Window Meets the ‘Xi Window’
Credit: Depositphotos In March 2021, Admiral Philip S. Davidson, then commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that...
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How Saudi Arabia Derailed Pakistan’s Africa Drive
Sudan Air Force Hongdu K-8 Karakorum, 2007. Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Melting Tarmac Images Pakistan’s ambitions to become a major defense exporter...
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North Korea’s Quiet Campaign to Be a ‘Responsible’ Nuclear Power
In this file photo, provided on April 14, 2023, by KCNA, Kim Jong Un and his daughter observe the test-launch of the...
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