Asia’s Defense Spending Soars Amid Economic Slowdown
Japan plans to double military spending by raising defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2027, and Taiwan has proposed its largest-ever defense budget for 2024.
Japan plans to double military spending by raising defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2027, and Taiwan has proposed its largest-ever defense budget for 2024.
Belarus and Ukraine as two Slavic nations that share special affinity, which makes a label of an aggressor towards a…
Beijing must consider that the strong Western response against Russia over Ukraine War can be used against it, should it…
What lessons can NATO countries draw from Moscow’s experiences in Syria when addressing the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war?
Russia and China have sought to sow discord between the United States and its allies as part of their “divide…
For many countries in Asia and Africa, including India, Israel and Pakistan, the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a tightrope…
“Russia’s border doesn’t end anywhere,” as Putin once jokingly said. There’s only a horizon in Russia.
A popular trending hashtag on Twitter has been sharing the worries of Africans leaving Ukraine under the hashtag #AfricansInUkraine.
With or without a UN General Assembly resolution, other states can use armed forces to support the exercise of Ukraine’s…
Should Sweden or Finland actually join NATO, it would with no doubt change Russia’s security calculations.
In seeking to show the world Moroccan “know-how” in this field at all costs – when Morocco has none –…
With massive Chinese economic investments in Central Asia, Russia slowly but steadily started losing ground in its “near abroad.”
Since the reunification of Germany, Muslims have been the main target of right-wing extremist attacks.
President Erdogan’s Africa vision: Turkey is as an “Afro-Eurasian state” and a fairer and strategic alternative ally for African nations.
Sweden’s policy on seizing refugee children is illegal, immoral, and untenable.
China may look as a reliable partner but always remains tightfisted when it comes to taking high risks, and expresses…
The Russia-Ukraine crisis has a silver lining in that it could re-anchor Turkey in NATO, in a way that promotes…
The Coronavirus pandemic has shown that capitalism is dysfunctional when labor is inactive.
Now or later, Turkey and Saudi Arabia’s resuming realist and pragmatic politics could bring about broader regional implications.
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