Middle East

The ongoing confusion in Washington over President Donald Trump’s recent peace plan for Ukraine highlights the risks associated with his unique style of diplomacy, which has both domestic and international implications. The unexpected plan proposed two weeks ago, characterized by Trump’s typical approach, required significant concessions from both …

In 1925, power in Asia was visible: gunboats on rivers, foreign police in Chinese streets, tram boycotts you could photograph. In 2025, it’s programmable: licenses that renew on a clock, standards embedded in software, compliance that lives in dashboards. That is the most important change over the hundred …

Francesco Sisci Just hours before Zohran Mamdani’s election as mayor of New York, the most important and iconic American city, Dick Cheney, the heart and mind of traditional, centrist conservative America, passed away. Perhaps a new America is born with the virtual competition between two rare specimens of …

Mireille Bogas Anyone who thinks gold’s surge into the stratosphere represents irrational exuberance isn’t paying attention to the wretched state of the Group of Seven (G7) economies. As the price of gold skyrockets, it serves as a sentinel, warning us of deeper systemic issues festering beneath the surface. …

Raymond Vickery The United States still has the ability to keep the Russia-India relationship from expanding. Russian president Vladimir Putin arrives in New Delhi on December 4 for two days of talks in the 23rd annual India-Russia Summit. He will be greeted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with …

Over the past two decades, Southeast Asia has faced a conflict that is no longer overt but has left behind a trail of escalating tensions. These tensions stem from actions that fall into a “gray zone,” carried out gradually and systematically. This strategy has been used by China …

Ed Husain The Islamist group and its ideology have long been a stumbling block for Sudan’s stability and development. President Donald Trump has vowed to ban the Muslim Brotherhood in America and end the civil war in Sudan after Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman asked for American …

Putri Mayang Rembulan The Houthi attack on merchant ships in the Red Sea shows that asymmetric strategies have become one of the most disruptive forces in international security, often more effective than conventional state military power. The operations of these non-state groups not only disrupt global trade routes …

Nyimas Khoirun Nisa In an era where nearly all activity has shifted to the digital space, terrorism has also evolved. Terrorists no longer need territory to establish training camps, ideological teachers, or secret meetings in the middle of the night. All they need now is an internet connection, …