South East Asia

The South Caucasus – comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – is a small but geopolitically significant region, susceptible to intense competition between regional and global powers. It is also situated at a strategic crossroads between Russia, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which was followed by …

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has realigned the Horn of Africa, linking India, Israel, the UAE, and Ethiopia to secure Red Sea routes and counter rivals. On 26 December 2025, Israel formally recognized what it termed the Republic of Somaliland, marking a significant shift in its policy toward the Horn of …

Key Takeaway: Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping has expanded his military purges to include two of the seniormost officers in the People’s Liberation Army (PLA). Xi may have purged them because he saw them as undermining his leadership and military objectives. The continued purges have reduced the …

Quand l’infiltration devient une arme, seule la discipline d’État empêche l’implosion. Il faut sortir du commentaire superficiel et regarder le cas chinois avec la froideur d’un stratège. Ce qui se déroule au sommet de la hiérarchie militaire chinoise n’est pas une simple chronique de corruption, encore moins un «fait divers …

Selon un reportage de la chaîne de télévision d’État chinoise CCTV diffusé le 24, le ministère chinois de la Défense nationale a annoncé que Zhang Youxia et Liu Zhenli, membre de la Commission militaire centrale et chef d’état-major des armées, ont été inculpés de graves violations disciplinaires et d’activités illégales …

Brazil’s decision to allow a Chinese military hospital ship to dock in Rio de Janeiro could provide a case study of how Beijing is expanding its naval presence in the Western Hemisphere. It also demonstrates how regional powers are dealing with the pressures arising from the intensifying competition between the …

Pakistan is functioning as the force multiplier in the Saudi-Turkish-Egyptian proxy campaign against the UAE in Africa that it’s finally participating in after sitting on the sidelines for so long. Reuters recently reported that “Pakistan nears $1.5 billion deal to supply weapons, jets to Sudan”, which follows last month’s report …

La Chine a acquis une position dominante dans le secteur des minéraux critiques en Afrique grâce à des investissements à long terme dans les capacités d’extraction et de raffinage, ce qui rend difficile pour les pays africains de progresser dans la chaîne de valeur. La demande mondiale en minéraux critiques …

The active military support of North Korea for Russia in the Ukrainian War has been a major shift in the foreign policy strategy of Pyongyang. It has long been recognized for its reluctance in participating in any international conflict through more than mere rhetorical support. North Korea has now leveraged …

Taliban have absorbed former fighters from various terrorist groups into their local security forces to draw on their combat experience, a United Nations sanctions monitoring report says, warning that the practice raises concerns about infiltration and ideological alignment within their ranks. In its latest comprehensive report covering developments through Dec. …