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Indonesia is using its strategic sea lanes and vast nickel reserves to expand its regional leverage without abandoning its nonaligned foreign policy.

Indonesia balances China ties with maritime resolve

Indonesia is using its strategic sea lanes and vast nickel reserves to expand its regional leverage without abandoning its nonaligned foreign policy.
New Delhi's multi-alignment strategy has expanded its leverage, but deeper exposure to Russia, BRICS divisions and volatile energy routes is raising the cost of strategic ambiguity.

India's strategic autonomy faces a sharper test

New Delhi's multi-alignment strategy has expanded its leverage, but deeper exposure to Russia, BRICS divisions and volatile energy routes is raising the cost of strategic ambiguity.
The race for lithium is intensifying in South America, where policy battles, foreign investment and local tensions could shape the future of clean energy supply chains.

Latin America's new strategic prize

The race for lithium is intensifying in South America, where policy battles, foreign investment and local tensions could shape the future of clean energy supply chains.
New amendments criminalize the refusal to unlock personal electronic devices during national security probes, extending to residents, visitors and airport transit passengers alike.

Hong Kong's assault on privacy and personal freedom

New amendments criminalize the refusal to unlock personal electronic devices during national security probes, extending to residents, visitors and airport transit passengers alike.
While international attention has focused elsewhere, China has quietly built a large new artificial island in the Paracel Islands, raising fresh questions about enforcement of maritime rules.

China stakes claim to new artificial island in the South China Sea

While international attention has focused elsewhere, China has quietly built a large new artificial island in the Paracel Islands, raising fresh questions about enforcement of maritime rules.
With Iran’s regime dismantled and Hezbollah isolated, Lebanon has a rare strategic opening to assert state control over arms and reduce decades of militia dominance.

Hezbollah's twilight, Lebanon's dawn

With Iran’s regime dismantled and Hezbollah isolated, Lebanon has a rare strategic opening to assert state control over arms and reduce decades of militia dominance.
M23's 2025 offensive has done more than deepen a humanitarian disaster -- it has sharpened the contest over critical minerals, regional order and outside influence.

Eastern Congo's minerals war

M23's 2025 offensive has done more than deepen a humanitarian disaster -- it has sharpened the contest over critical minerals, regional order and outside influence.
A recent intelligence report reveals how the Kremlin is insulating President Vladimir Putin from the truth about the Ukraine war, which risks distorting long-term strategic calculations.

Inside Russia's campaign of self-deception

A recent intelligence report reveals how the Kremlin is insulating President Vladimir Putin from the truth about the Ukraine war, which risks distorting long-term strategic calculations.
Regional powers are accelerating defense measures as Beijings ocean mapping campaign signals broader ambitions to project power beyond the First Island Chain.

Pacific allies move to blunt China's undersea push

Regional powers are accelerating defense measures as Beijings ocean mapping campaign signals broader ambitions to project power beyond the First Island Chain.
Paraguay has shown how a small nation can blend principle with pragmatism to resist great-power coercion and strengthen broader international stability.

Paraguay's steadfast Taiwan alliance defies Beijing's pressure

Paraguay has shown how a small nation can blend principle with pragmatism to resist great-power coercion and strengthen broader international stability.
Western support for Ukraine has not collapsed; it has adapted. Long-range precision systems, improved air defenses, and training have allowed Ukraine to exploit Russian weaknesses.

Sustained Western support fuels Ukraine's battlefield resurgence

Western support for Ukraine has not collapsed; it has adapted. Long-range precision systems, improved air defenses, and training have allowed Ukraine to exploit Russian weaknesses.
Ukraine's battlefield innovation is challenging Russia's claim of inevitable victory as drones, digital tools and targeted strikes reshape the war.

Ukraine dismantles myth of inevitable Russian victory

Ukraine's battlefield innovation is challenging Russia's claim of inevitable victory as drones, digital tools and targeted strikes reshape the war.