Politics

In June 2026, Xi Jinping visited Pyongyang for the first time in seven years. There were 21-gun salutes and talk of a 'new era of friendship' — but 'denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,' present in 2019, was absent from this round of state-media coverage. A symbolic overreach, or a real upgrade?

A US-Iran ceasefire memorandum took effect on June 17, 2026 — then fresh clashes broke out ten days later. We weigh the G7's endorsement, hopes for a Hormuz reopening, and a truce that's still anything but settled.

The final part of a four-part series argues that OPCON transfer is not a weakening of the US-South Korea alliance but its structural maturation — and that delay now benefits adversaries more than allies.

Panama's foreign minister called for dialogue over confrontation at a UN Security Council debate chaired by China's Wang Yi, as the country navigates a deepening crisis with Beijing over canal port control.

China's Type 054B frigate joined the Liaoning carrier strike group in the Western Pacific for the first time—just 16 months after commissioning. Here's what that pace of integration signals.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard shot down a US Reaper drone hours after American "self-defense" strikes hit southern Iran. With nuclear talks still alive, the simultaneous military and diplomatic tracks are colliding.

Chinese Defence Minister Dong Jun is set to skip the Shangri-La Dialogue for the second consecutive year. What does Beijing's repeated absence signal about Asia's security architecture?

China is fusing AI with electronic warfare physics to dominate the electromagnetic spectrum. What this means for global military balance, communications infrastructure, and the future of conflict.

Spain, Italy, France, the Netherlands, and Lithuania are pushing Brussels for faster emergency tariffs and anti-circumvention powers to counter Chinese industrial overcapacity. Here's what's at stake.

Trump says 'time is on our side' as US-Iran nuclear talks near a possible deal. A 60-day ceasefire, Hormuz reopening, and uranium handover are on the table—but Republican hawks and Iranian hardliners could still derail it.

Trump says a US-Iran nuclear deal is 'largely negotiated.' Iran calls it a 'Persian-style peace.' Both sides claim victory. Here's what's actually at stake.

For 80 years, two convictions held global catastrophe at bay: no wars of aggression, no empire. Both are eroding simultaneously. What happened to the peace the UN was built to protect?