Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s leader, has emerged from the post-pandemic period with a stronger strategic position than in previous years. His country is now a de facto nuclear power, its economy
The first Nordic presence in Greenland dates back to Erik the Red, a Norse Viking banished from Iceland for manslaughter, who sought a new future in Greenland around the end of the
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Since September 2025, a surge of unidentified drone incursions has swept across 10 European nations, including Denmark, Norway, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania, France, Belgium, Estonia, and the Netherlands, targeting airports, military bases,
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Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its
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On October 7, 2025, the seventh Moscow Format meeting convened in Moscow, marking a significant step in regional diplomacy on Afghanistan. Attended by representatives from Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Central
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In the Jean-Jacques Annaud film based on William Craig’s 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, Nikita Khrushchev, immediately after arriving in Stalingrad front as the new principal commissar, deputed by
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana History is not a distant tale embalmed in the sepia of old photographs; it is a living, breathing
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France is in crisis – again. On Monday, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned after just 27 days in office, making him the shortest-serving premier in the history of the Fifth Republic and
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by Our Correspondents Washington DC and Doha Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement that will see 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for 20 Israeli hostages, marking the first major step
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At the International Association of Ports and Harbors World Ports Conference in Kobe, Japan, Masato Kanda, President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), delivered a stark warning: ports in developing countries are
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has now completed 100 years of its existence. Anyone who dispassionately studies the history of the RSS, its past activities, action plans, and future objectives, cannot but
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In the third quarter-Q3 of 2025, spanning July to September, Pakistan witnessed a dramatic escalation in insurgent and terrorist violence, marking a significant deterioration in its security landscape. According to a report
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On October 6, President Andry Rajoelina appointed Army General Ruphin Fortunat Zafisambo as prime minister, replacing Christian Ntsay (2018-September 29, 2025), to quell escalating mass protests in cities like Antananarivo, Toliara, and
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Young people across Asia are facing a worsening employment crisis, with millions unable to find stable, well-paying jobs—a trend the World Bank warns could endanger social stability across the region. In its
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Indian authorities have launched a fresh investigation into Adani Defence Systems and Technologies Ltd., a subsidiary of billionaire Gautam Adani’s vast business empire, over allegations of evading import taxes worth ₹770 million
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Editor’s Note: Excerpts of the following article are adapted from the author’s paper, originally published in CTC Sentinel, a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Since its inception in
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