For most of this year, Beijing’s economic managers have offered a familiar reassurance: growth is cooling, but it’s cooling in a controlled, deliberate way — the natural byproduct of a planned shift
It arrived in the early hours: a low-altitude drone crossing into Romanian airspace, moving through the sky near Galați. Radar locked on, authorization was given, and a NATO fighter jet — a
For four decades, “the China story” was the only story worth telling about Asian growth. A command economy poured concrete, wired factories, and moved hundreds of millions of people from farms to
The international community is finally beginning to take serious note of the unprecedented rise of Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir—now not only Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff, but also the country’s first-ever
The U.K.–India free trade agreement, finalized earlier this year, may appear modest on paper. Foreign cars still account for just 0.1 percent of India’s imports. Yet the symbolism of New Delhi agreeing
The latest offer from Washington to Kyiv — binding security guarantees “similar to those of NATO” — marks the Trump administration’s boldest intervention yet in the grinding war between Ukraine and Russia.
The terrorist attack on families celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach stands as a tragedy of unimaginable proportions, shattering lives and innocence under Sydney’s summer sun. Sixteen souls lost their lives, including children, a
There is now an explicit debate in Washington over whether Donald Trump’s tariff-heavy approach is putting the United States on a path to “lose” India as a long‑term strategic partner. The argument
President Donald Trump’s drive to secure a settlement in the Ukraine-Russia war is increasingly defined by frustration — with Kyiv, with European partners, and with what he views as needless diplomatic delay
In the evolving landscape of global power, alliances are not merely diplomatic conveniences but true pillars of national security. As the United States faces rising threats from authoritarian regimes, renewed attention is
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanged warm embraces and signed 16 bilateral agreements during Putin’s state visit on December 4-5, 2025. The headlines buzzed with talk of
Putin’s state visit to India for the 23rd India‑Russia Annual Summit comes at a moment when three strategic pressures converge on New Delhi: Western sanctions on Moscow, sharpening US–China rivalry in the
The Trump administration has fundamentally altered U.S. trade policy by imposing exceptionally high tariffs across a wide range of imports. While the stated reasons for these actions vary—shrinking trade deficits, countering foreign