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Merging The Iranian And Ukrainian Fronts Risks An Uncontrollable Escalation

The reckless attempt by Vladimir Zelensky’s regime and its hawkish enablers in Washington to fuse the Ukrainian conflict with the escalating regional war in West Asia into a single, seamless Eurasian front represents a geopolitical gamble of catastrophic proportions
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Desperate Gambit In The Caspian: Zelensky Attempts To Divert Iran's Attention

The recent strike against an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel in the Caspian Sea—identified as the dry cargo ship Ana represents a calculated, albeit deeply desperate, attempt by Ukraine's president Vladimir Zelensky to insert Kiev directly into the expanding regional conflict between Washington, Tel Aviv, and Tehran
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The Quad Is Here To Stay

With eyes fixed on West Asia and Europe in managing turbulence and conflicts, the capacity and relevance of Quad have been called into question
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Japan Extends SEA Military Presence Via Balikatan Exercise

The unprecedented participation of 1,400 Japanese combat soldiers in the seven-nation Balikatan Exercise 2026, the longstanding annual drill between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and US allies
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Trump-Xi Summit: Managed Rivalry, Unresolved Contest

The concluded Trump-Xi summit is fundamentally different from the last meet taking place in China during President Trump’s first term, or even during the most recent face-to-face encounter last October in Busan
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Muslim Brotherhood: A Global Jihadist Threat

US Senator Ted Cruz, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy, on July 16 introduced the Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act of 2025
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Rising Temperatures And Extreme Weather Hit Asia Hard

The WMO’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report says that 2024 was the warmest or second warmest year on record (depending on the dataset), with widespread and prolonged heatwaves
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The Bloc Divide And The Future Of The UN

The recently concluded 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) provided little to no credible impact on the growing dire global conflict scenarios
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A Month Of New Power Flexing

Regional moves to expand power influence and friendshoring efforts have been intensifying
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Is BRICS Resilient And Powerful Enough?

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization established in 2006 comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, originally slated to foster deeper economic ties and political dialogue among the member countries. It was set up primarily as an alternative bloc as a rival to the Western led order of the then Group of 8 (G8) and the established Western led institutions of IMF and the World Bank, in providing a new movement led by Russia and China. 
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The U.S., China, And Great Power Competition In The Middle East

WASHINGTON, U.S.--It’s official. The Biden administration agrees with the Trump administration that almost everything that happens in world affairs can be explained by two interlocking zero-sum contests. One is geopolitical, as in ‘great power rivalry.’  The other is ideological, as in ‘democracy vs. authoritarianism.’

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