The United States’ admission marks more than a disclosure of previously opaque capabilities. It places the reality of orbital weapons more openly at the centre of the strategic competition among the world’s
The first weeks of Donald Trump’s second term have been marked by a sense of optimism about the president’s ability to get a deal with China. And frankly, I understand where it’s
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Seldom, if ever, one gets to pick up the threads of what one had written 3 days back as conjectures. But my prognosis that “the sea side view” of Gaza is mesmerising
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In a significant development, Germany is reportedly preparing to pledge troops to a proposed NATO mission in Greenland, according to sources cited by Der Spiegel on Tuesday. The move, still under discussion,
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Google’s creation was intertwined with U.S. intelligence efforts to dominate global information control, with the CIA playing a pivotal role. In 1994, during the Clinton administration, the Pentagon launched the Highlands Forum,
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The fragility of U.S. power was clear when a small Chinese startup released the DeepSeek machine learning program. The U.S. stock market Nasdaq shuddered, with technology stocks collapsing. This collapse is not a
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The White House announced a major shift in U.S. foreign policy on Monday, declaring its withdrawal from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) and cutting funding to the United Nations Relief
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Two conflicting reports on Iran’s nuclear weapons program were disclosed this week. Both reports offer important insight in just how Tehran is speeding up work on nuclear weapons. The first report is
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff, warned that the Gaza Strip “will probably be uninhabitable for at least the next 10 to 15 years” and
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In a shocking declaration on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump announced plans for the United States to assume control of the Gaza Strip, while simultaneously advocating for the permanent displacement of its
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Five years may seem insignificant in historical terms, yet January 2020 already feels like the distant past. The Covid-19 pandemic reshaped not only our daily lives but also the global socio-political landscape,
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Eighty years ago, on February 4, 1945, the leaders of the victors of World War II − the Soviet Union, the United States, and Britain − opened the Yalta Conference to determine
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Following a student-backed revolution that led to the ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August, Bangladesh is undergoing a significant revision of its national narrative, particularly its history of independence. The
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In my books “The Next 100 Years” and “The Storm Before the Calm,” I introduced a model of U.S. history consisting of political cycles and socio-economic cycles – the former tracking presidential
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by Our Correspondents in Washington DC and in Doha Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly seeking U.S. approval for an Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, possibly after the conclusion of
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Editor’s Note: The following New York Times (NYT) article attempts to capture what it terms a “pivotal shift in Sri Lanka’s political scene,” where women are not only rising to power but
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