By understanding Cambodia’s threat perceptions and the influence of the kingdom’s domestic politics on its defence and foreign policies, Western partners will be better able to balance China’s ...

This is not an isolated lapse. The incident, like the Pulwama attack in 2019, once again exposes the glaring vulnerabilities in India’s intelligence and response mechanisms. In both cases, advance ...

In the PLA context, clientelist and professional relations can be seen in linkages between Xi and members of the so-called “Shaanxi Gang”, including Xi’s connections as a “princeling” to CMC Vice ...

With terrorists killing at least 26 civilians, including toursts and locals, in an idyllic and popular meadow near Pahalgam in Indian Kashmir on 22 April, the conflict in the region has entered a new ...

As long as Vladimir Putin is alive, this war is likely to continue. Putin is only 72 years old. He is in good health, exercises daily, drinks moderately, if at all, and comes from a family with a ...

The concerted pushback against Musk and Tesla in America itself, as well as places such as Germany and Canada, which have been the victims of Trump’s erratic policies, has caused a plunge in car sales ...

The Houthis have proven resilient in the face of strikes. The Trump administration’s strikes this month on Yemen are not the first effort to disrupt the ongoing attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. The ...

Like the 1985 Plaza Accord, part of the proposed solution is to force the rest of the world to appreciate their currencies to improve US export competitiveness. You can already see the effort here to ...

China is widely assumed to be the biggest beneficiary, although the full extent of the impact remains unquantified. A back-of-the-envelope calculation, however, offers some insight into the upheaval ...

Formally, the law protects only the king, the queen, the heir apparent and regent from defamation or insults. However, courts have also punished people for comments about other royal family members, ...

The surface vessels are potent. Between them, the Renhai and Jiangkai II possess 152 vertical launch system (VLS) missile cells. Most of the missiles in these cells would be dedicated to hitting enemy ...