In his inaugural speech, South Korea’s recently elected President Lee Jae-myung declared that ‘no peace is too expensive; it is always better than war’. The words capture an idealism packaged in Lee’s pragmatism. Indeed,
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor The West’s strategy to isolate and eliminate Iran is not a spontaneous foreign policy decision born in the halls of Washington or Westminster in recent years. It
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The region of Sistan-o-Balochistan in Iran has long been a hotbed of ethnic tension and separatist activity. With its large Baloch population, this area has witnessed sporadic uprisings against the Iranian state
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Behind the polished headlines and orchestrated political theatrics, a different Balochistan exists—one that the mainstream media refuses to show. For years, we’ve been fed a carefully curated narrative: a land of “development,”
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Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek is making waves far beyond the world of music streaming, spearheading a €600 million investment in Helsing, a German defence tech company now valued at €12 billion. The
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A new U.S. visa program led by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick — dubbed the Golden Trump Card — is drawing global attention, with nearly 70,000 people already registering their interest in the
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The Trump Organization is entering the telecom industry with the launch of Trump Mobile, a new mobile phone service featuring a gold-colored smartphone priced at $499 and a monthly plan costing $47.45.
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European aerospace giant Airbus dominated the opening day of the Paris Air Show, securing nearly $10 billion in new aircraft orders, while its U.S. rival Boeing scaled back its participation following last
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A Malian court has taken the unprecedented step of appointing administrators to operate the Loulo-Gounkoto gold mine, intensifying an already heated dispute between Barrick Gold and Mali’s military-led government, according to a
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On the sidelines of a critical G7 Summit in Canada, leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies issued a united statement on the escalating conflict in West Asia, affirming Israel’s right to
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Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and former Reform UK MP Rupert Lowe’s recent endorsement on X, has brought renewed attention to the issue following Sir Keir Starmer’s announcement of a full
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U.S. President Donald Trump abruptly departed the G7 summit in Canada Monday evening, citing a rapidly deteriorating situation in the Middle East, moments after issuing a dramatic call for the evacuation of
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A dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging as disarmament efforts stall and nearly all nuclear-armed states expand and modernize their arsenals, according to the SIPRI Yearbook 2025, released today by the
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On June 5, 2025, two Yung Aung faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K-YA) cadres, identified as ‘sergeant major’ Nyaklung and ‘lance corporal’ Neyung Aung, were killed in an encounter with
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Editorial Note: The following column is based on a presentation delivered by Wu Ruoshan, Dean of the New Era Cultural Tourism Research Institute in Beijing, China on China-Inspired Strategies for Building World-Featured
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