The SDF has dissolved into the Syrian army, and with it the territorial autonomy of Rojava. What Syria’s Kurds hold instead is a set of guarantees written into the security forces rather than the map.

Kaga now flies F-35Bs and Izumo is next. Why Japan’s carrier turn is less about the name on the hull than about flexibility, survivability, and the US alliance.

The Hormuz crisis sent European negotiators back to Baku. What they found was a partner of real strategic value and marginal volume: Azerbaijan still supplies under 4 percent of the EU's gas.

The significance of Iran’s BRICS bank bid is not in what it provides Tehran economically, but what it signals for the future of Iranian politics.

Mark Carney’s stand against Washington confirms that the global trading system has entered a post-liberal era defined by geoeconomic coercion.

Afghanistan’s opium ban cut cultivation to almost nothing. Whether it shrank the drug trade is a separate question.

Indonesia’s admission into BRICS marks one of the most consequential shifts in its foreign policy since the country helped establish the G20 as a premier forum for global economic cooperation. For ...

India's highway network grew 61% and logistics costs halved. But contract awards are falling and 1,775 projects are Rs 3.4 lakh crore over budget.

Afghanistan’s opium ban cut cultivation by 96%. Its effects on global narcotics markets, and on criminal revenues and profits, are far less certain.

Dhaka is deepening ties with Washington and Beijing at once. Where the strategic thresholds lie for India, China, and the US, and what would cross them.

China's envoy warned of consequences for Taiwan at the 2026 Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. How Beijing pressures the PIF, and how the Quad answers.

Thailand, Brazil and Colombia chose the Gripen over US fighters. The reason is not price or stealth, but who keeps a veto over the software.