Over the past month, the diplomatic conflict that began as a war of words between China and Japan has gradually intensified, leading to maritime confrontations around a disputed island chain and culminating with Chinese fighter jets aiming fire-control radar at Japanese F-15s near Okinawa. The dispute started when Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said any […]
Postwar agenda. The United States has sent to its European partners a series of documents outlining a plan for Ukraine’s reconstruction and Russia’s return...
As Washington shifts the burden of regional security onto its allies, U.S. adversaries are moving to exploit the resulting power vacuums. Nowhere is this...
Work ahead. Construction on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity will begin in 2026, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced. He also...
Russia and Hungary. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto is in Moscow for economic talks. Accompanying him are the heads of 34 Hungarian companies, including...
Renewed fighting. Thailand and Cambodia have accused each other of violating a U.S.-brokered ceasefire following new clashes over the weekend. According to Thai officials,...
Energy transitions tend to presage changes in military power. Steam engines freed fleets from the vagaries of wind, oil unlocked ways to travel faster...
Kazakhstan and the EU. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with European Council President Antonio Costa during the latter’s first official visit to Kazakhstan. Tokayev...
Kazakhstan’s decision last month to join the Abraham Accords carries strategic implications that extend far beyond efforts to wind down the eight-decade conflict between...
