China and Russia this week vetoed a UN Security Council Resolution on the Strait of Hormuz crisis, which began when Iran closed the Strait in response to US and Israeli attacks almost six weeks ago.

On 25 March, India’s cabinet approved the country’s Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the period 2031 to 2035, with the objective of reducing emissions intensity by 47% from 2005 levels and ...

Beijing appears to be returning to a familiar Taiwan playbook: selective engagement with political forces on the island. The opposition Kuomintang (KMT) chairperson Cheng Li-wun’s current visit to ...

Ten years have passed since the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) process came to an end in March 2016 in Washington DC. Initiated by US President Barack Obama in 2010, the biennial process convened four ...

We’re told that President Donald Trump’s Middle East policy is all about China, that a master strategist is at work to isolate Beijing from the world by attacking one of its closest partners and a ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a frank and impassioned speech at this year's World Economic Forum at Davos. He argued that in an era of great power competition, middle powers can no ...

For North Korea's nuclear arsenal, 2025 has been a relatively quiet year. It neither tested a nuclear weapon nor fired an intercontinental ballistic missile. For now, the conventional military balance ...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to tighten measures related to foreign tourists and residents in Japan. She pledged stricter immigration policies during the Liberal Democratic Party ...

A weekend report in the Financial Times that US Under Secretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby has been privately pushing Australia and Japan for pre-commitment to support the US in a future ...

Remittances are more than just financial transactions, they are a lifeline for millions of families, a catalyst for economic empowerment, and a key driver of sustainable development. So, it is ...

With the EU’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act introducing a phased, risk-based framework for regulating AI systems across sectors, the bloc stands alone as the first major political actor to impose ...

The fate of the subsea environment and the seabed are on the brink of a fundamental shift. Driven by the Trump administration’s recent sweeping changes to US national security and foreign and domestic ...