Key Takeaways: After being delayed for more than 25 years, the China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan (CKU) railway has finally entered the stage of substantive advancement. This undoubtedly marks a major milestone in the development of China’s westward-opening corridors, yet the deeper geostrategic significance of this project remains largely overlooked and has yet to receive the attention it deserves. For a long time, the […]

Key Takeaways: The trajectory of United States (US)-Pakistan relations since January 2025 represents a symbolic, if not yet substantive, upswing in bilateral ties—the sharpest since the early 2000s. Any deliberate strategic reassessment in Washington has not driven this resuscitation. It rests instead on personalised diplomacy centred on President Donald Trump, transactional offerings from Islamabad in trade, critical minerals, and cryptocurrency, […]

La bombe nucléaire n’est pas la principale menace pour le monde. Il existe quelque chose de bien plus dangereux. La principale menace dans la confrontation entre les États-Unis et la Chine n’est pas la parité militaire, mais la surestimation mutuelle de ses propres capacités. La question devrait être de savoir comment éviter le conflit et travailler ensemble à l’élimination des […]

Speaking to Amu TV, former UN terrorism sanctions official Edmund Fitton-Brown says the Afghan Taliban have supported cooperation between al-Qaeda and TTP, helping create a cross-border threat to Pakistan. former UN terrorism sanctions official Edmund Fitton-Brown said the Taliban should not be viewed as reliable counterterrorism partners for the West, arguing they target ISKP primarily because it threatens their rule […]

The Taliban’s director of information and culture in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province was killed in a shooting on Tuesday, Taliban officials and a source told Amu TV, in the latest sign of deteriorating security in a province that has seen weeks of unrest. A source familiar with the incident said Zabihullah Amiri was traveling on the road between Faizabad, the […]