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Russia aims to ride the BRICS to AI victory

The United States must firm up its own coalition of AI collaborators.

Beyond the Bomb: Is Iran’s Diplomatic Pivot Changing Its Nuclear Calculus?

Iran is facing crunch time on its continued talks with the United States over a potential new deal regarding its nuclear program. Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyyed Abbas Araqchi said on June 4...

At Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, China-Pacific Islands Relations Steam Ahead

While not groundbreaking, the meeting indicated steady progress towards China’s goal of a “shared future” with Pacific Island countries – including using them as strategic outposts.

FSM breaks ground on China-led airport reconstruction project in Woleai

Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina officiated the May 26 groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Woleai airport runway. ...

What Qatar wants, Qatar gets

How a tiny but extraordinarily wealthy emirate buys influence

5 Ways South Africa Undermines U.S. Interests — and What Must Change

The United States must increase pressure on South Africa to reverse five of its harmful policies. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s arrival in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump offers...

Lebanon Should Take a Cue from al-Sharaa – and Talk to Israel

A joke has it that Syria’s self-proclaimed president, Ahmad al-Sharaa, offered to build a Trump Tower in Damascus to make up for the two New York towers that Al-Qaeda, al-Sharaa former organization,...

Examining the Threats to America’s Critical Minerals Supply Chain

Trump’s Russia Sanctions Toolkit

Options to Increase Leverage to End Putin’s War Against Ukraine

Trump halts the Indo-Pakistan conflict

The ceasefire is an achievement but don’t confuse that with peace

India Claims Elimination of Terrorist Involved in Abduction and Murder of American Journalist Daniel Pearl

Wanted Islamist Terrorist Killed: India announced on May 8 that its armed forces had eliminated Islamist terrorist Abdul Rauf Azhar, a co-conspirator in the 2002 abduction and murder...

India claims Jaish-e-Mohammad leader killed during airstrikes in Pakistan

The Indian government claimed that Abdul Rauf Azhar, a senior leader of the Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad and a brother of the group’s founder, Masood Azhar, was killed during India’s retaliatory airstrikes on Pakistan on May 7.

India and Pakistan exchange fire after Jammu and Kashmir terror attack

The Indian military launched a series of air and missile strikes overnight against what it described as nine terrorist training camps inside Pakistan. The operations were in response to the April 22 terrorist...

Lashkar-e Taiba front group claims responsibility for deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, India

The Resistance Front, a cover organization of the Pakistan-supported Lashkar-e-Taiba terror group, claimed credit for the April 22 attack in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir that killed...

Truth matters: Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks now documented for history

Lord Roberts' parliamentary report combats denial with evidence

‘Valid for all countries except Israel’

Authorities in Bangladesh announced that they were reintroducing what is essentially a disclaimer on the passports issued to its citizens.

U.S. Levies Sanctions Against Chinese Oil Storage Terminal for Iranian Oil Purchases

State Department Sanctions Chinese Oil Facility: The U.S. State Department has sanctioned a China-based crude oil storage terminal for receiving “at least eight Iranian crude...

Hamas and Turkey: Partners in Terror

With Lapsing Sanctions Waiver, Trump Tightens the Vise on Russian Energy

The Trump administration landed a quiet but forceful blow against Russian energy exports last week. On March 12, the U.S. Treasury Department let a Biden-era sanctions waiver lapse, effectively prohibiting...

Crossroads of Competition

China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands