The Japan-India-Africa Business Forum, held on February 26, 2025, marked a strategic step in strengthening the India-Japan ...

Three months on, the aftershocks of Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariff spree in April 2025 continue to reverberate across East Asia. The United States ...

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Dr Emma Salisbury is an Associate Fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, a senior staffer for a Member of Parliament and a Contributing Editor at War on the Rocks. She holds a PhD and MSc ...

Bottom Line Lao PDR envisions becoming the “Battery of Southeast Asia” by exporting hydropower to neighboring countries through the regional power grid designed to reach ASEAN’s goal of net-zero ...

Rare earth metals or “rare earths,” a collection of 17 elements[1] that are valued for their conductive and magnetic properties, have made headlines again. Over the past year and a half, their prices ...

Translating broad strategic guidance into workable strategies and sustainable policies requires both an assessment of the international security environment as well as an analysis of what the domestic ...

Editor’s Note: This article was first published in Asia Times under the title “US-South Africa ties explode on Russia arms claim.” The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put tremendous strain on the ...

Recent gains by Russian disinformation in Africa make up one of the quickest propaganda victories in history. Wagner Group-Kremlin narratives work to Russia’s material advantage, and to Africa’s ...

Despite pessimistic pre-war scenarios regarding its ability to defend itself, the Ukrainian armed forces have blunted the advance of Russian Federation forces and counterattacked to liberate areas ...

Bottom Line Japan’s deepening security ties to the Philippines have required Tokyo to modify its once seemingly immutable pacifist security policies. Those modifications have paved the way for ...