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• After Xi: The Succession Question Obscuring China’s Future—and Unsettling Its Present
  August 6, 2025
  For more than a decade, Chinese politics has been defined by one man: Xi Jinping. Since Xi assumed leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he has made himself into a strongman ruler. He has remade the CCP
• A Trojan Horse Approach? Chinese Infrastructure Investment in Europe
  August 4, 2025
  Bottom Line Up Front Chinese infrastructure investments throughout Europe have the potential to pose a strategic risk to the West, not just the countries where the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is spreading its
• At least 68 refugees and migrants die in boat sinking off Yemeni coast
  August 4, 2025
  Rescue operations are ongoing to find dozens more missing, local authorities say. At least 68 refugees and migrants have died and 74 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the
• Rethinking Defence In Taiwan
  August 4, 2025
  Abstract: Taiwan must rethink its defence strategy due to a rising threat from China’s overwhelming military and industrial capabilities. However, Taiwan faces critical imbalances in troop strength, defence budgets,
• Unfolding the Rationale Behind Suicide Terrorism as a Weapon of Choice
  August 4, 2025
  Abstract: There is a plethora of studies on suicide terrorism from different aspects, but researchers have failed to identify suicide attacks as a weapon of choice. This reluctance may stem from the fact that suicide
• The Rise of Radical Islamism in Bangladesh: A New Theocratic State?
  August 1, 2025
  The rise of radical Islamic influence under Yunus’s watch threatens to transform Bangladesh from a secular democracy into a theocratic state. The passive response of Yunus’s interim government to these
• What Does China Want in Ukraine?
  August 1, 2025
  Beijing’s Ambivalence Is Limiting Its Role The war in Ukraine continues to shape China’s foreign relations. When European leaders visited Beijing last week to discuss trade and security, the need to find a
• The US Chip Recalibration And Its Strategic Lessons For India – Analysis
  August 1, 2025
  Tech major Nvidia announced that it has received clearance from the United States (US) government to sell its H20 artificial intelligence (AI) chip in China. This development comes on the heels of its CEO, Jensen Huang,
• The US-Pakistani Rapprochement Could Have Far-Reaching Geostrategic Consequences
  July 26, 2025
  India’s, Russia’s, and possibly even China’s interests could be adversely affected. It was assessed in January that “The Pakistani Regime Destroyed Their Country & Betrayed Its National Interests For
• China Hosts First Trilateral Meeting With Pakistan And Bangladesh, Seeking To Isolate India In Its Own Neighborhood
  July 14, 2025
  On June 19, 2025, China hosted its first trilateral meeting with Bangladesh and Pakistan, which was aimed at enhancing trilateral cooperation in trade, investment, health, education, and maritime affairs between the