Analysis

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08 Sep 2026
Indonesia’s pursuit of energy security is drawing it deeper into competing Russian, American and European spheres of influence. The challenge
03 Sep 2026
Australia's first Statement on Space concedes that the country depends on orbital systems it does not control, then answers that
02 Sep 2026
Five years have passed since Australia vacated Kabul when the Taliban retook the capital of Afghanistan. After twenty years’ worth
01 Sep 2026
As the Korean War revisit program reaches the end of its natural life, South Korea and its UN allies need
27 Aug 2026
On 24 November 2026, Bangladesh will formally exit the UN's least-developed-country category, taking with it the trade preferences that carry
27 Aug 2026
President Tokayev's call to "freeze" the war came not from Kyiv or Brussels but from inside Russia's own security architecture.
27 Aug 2026
Beyond the initiative’s obvious aim of securing the US’ and its allies' economic position in the AI Cold War with
25 Aug 2026
The significance of the Mecca Agreement lies less in its collective-defence than in germinating a security architecture seeking greater strategic
18 Aug 2026
The Strait of Hormuz is still shut, and the world continues to pay the price. As talk turns to tolls
13 Aug 2026
India's Cockroach Janta Party pressured the education minister to resign after nationwide protests over a leaked medical entrance examination. Attempts
13 Aug 2026
ASEAN’s renewed engagement with Myanmar may look like a pragmatic effort to revive dialogue, but it also exposes the limits
12 Aug 2026
When officials talk about strategic infrastructure, they generally mean ports, shipping lanes, semiconductors, or key minerals. But one of the