Le 14 mai, la Chine a lancé en orbite le premier lot de satellites de sa constellation informatique spatiale à bord d’une fusée Longue Marche 2D depuis le centre de lancement de satellites de Jiuquan. Contrairement aux satellites de détection ou de communication traditionnels, ces douze satellites sont essentiellement des supercalculateurs conçus pour le traitement de données spatiales et les […]

The Trump administration, which had previously displayed a lack of interest in the conflict, then quickly intervened and brokered a ceasefire. “[T]he possession of nuclear weapons may have incentivized risky confrontations that pass just below the ambiguous nuclear threshold.” — Aqil Shah, Foreign Affairs, May 23, 2025. Pakistan did not have to detonate one of its nuclear warheads to shake […]

Rebels fighting against mining and militarisation are outnumbered by more than 40,000 forces deployed in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region. Indian security forces have launched an all-out war against Maoist fighters in Chhattisgarh state, as the federal government aims to “wipe out” long-running armed rebellions in the mineral-rich tribal region of the country. The Karrigatta hills forest, which straddles across Chhattisgarh and […]

Since regaining control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the Taliban have been attempting to transform themselves from an insurgent group into a governing entity. Central to this transition is their ambitious plan to leverage Afghanistan’s geostrategic location at the intersection of Central and South Asia to become a regional connectivity hub. Investments in infrastructure projects aimed at reviving the country’s […]