Yossi Hurst Whilst the Abraham Accords have held throughout the war in Gaza, there can be no doubt they have changed. It is clear that we are no longer in the era of normalization that we saw in 2020. Arab states like Saudi Arabia are hesitant to make …
Read More »U.S. National Security Strategy 2025: The Return of Realism
Bui Gia Ky On December 5, 2025, the Trump 2.0 administration released the new National Security Strategy (NSS). Unlike previous administrations, the 2025 NSS was published within the first year of the presidential term, reflecting the intentions and messages Washington seeks to send to the world about how …
Read More »From concessions to conditions: Asia’s power is now programmable
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 …
Read More »New Cold War, new cold lines
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 …
Read More »Trump’s Venezuela war threat a gift to China
Lyle Goldstein Trump’s boat strikes risk escalating into a new forever war and may invite a Chinese military presence in Latin America Aerial view of a US strike on an alleged drug boat that left Venezuela. Image: X Screengrab Having once promised to halt America’s “endless wars,” Donald …
Read More »Is Russia India’s Best Friend?
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 …
Read More »Should Canada Become a “Porcupine State”? Why the Idea Has Not Emerged Before and Why It Matters Now
Oton Leon People often perceive Canada’s defense posture as closely aligned with the United States and integrated into continental and alliance structures such as NORAD and NATO. This focus has led to a lack of discussion about small-state autonomy or asymmetric denial in Canadian strategic debates. The porcupine …
Read More »China’s Grey-Zone Tactics Are Reshaping the South China Sea
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 …
Read More »How the War in Ukraine Could End: Scenarios for a Peace Deal
U. S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. Recently, a set of U. S. draft proposals for peace was leaked, but European powers have proposed their own counter-proposals. U. S. …
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