The US needs to creatively combine two counter-drone capabilities it already has and do it quickly to deal with swarm attacks of drones and cruise missiles. The Russians are already doing it.
Footage documenting a test of Israel’s Arrow 4 missile interceptor has surfaced online, drawing attention to the latest phase of development in the country’s long-range air defense capabilities. The video appeared publicly
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Oppressed people cannot remain oppressed forever. — Martin Luther King, Jr., Letter from Birmingham Jail Rationality Martin Luther King Jr. Day – A Federal holiday in the United States – is observed
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Development-related environmental debates in Sri Lanka rarely stay rooted in ecology—they are almost always colored by politics. The abandoned Adani wind power project in Mannar is a striking example. Not long ago,
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This column was originally published in Sunday Morning, a Colombo-based weekly newspaper. India was not in the West’s favour until the early 1990s, maintaining a close and unapologetic alignment with the Soviet
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China dramatically expanded spending under its Belt and Road Initiative in 2025, committing a record $213.5 billion to overseas infrastructure, energy and resource projects as it moved to strengthen its global economic
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Iranian authorities have verified that at least 5,000 people were killed during recent protests across the country, including around 500 members of the security forces, according to an Iranian official familiar with
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Twelve months into Donald Trump’s second term, the United States president has already upended global diplomacy, strained domestic institutions and unsettled allies in ways few expected even after his turbulent first presidency.
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“The vain bhikku will yearn for recognition from others, yearn for leadership and authority in monasteries, yearn for honour among other families.” ~ The Buddha (Bāla Vagga – Dhammapada) A listener
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Pakistan has positioned its mineral economy for global capital by immediately launching an international outreach campaign aimed at making a major impact in the global investment arena through its mineral and gemstone
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A leaked charter for President Donald Trump’s proposed international peace body suggests the United States would effectively hand him sweeping authority over membership, finances, and decision-making, a move critics say could undermine
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Philippine Foreign Secretary Theresa Lazaro expressed cautious optimism that long-stalled negotiations between China and Southeast Asian nations on a code of conduct (COC) for the South China Sea could finally be concluded
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European Union leaders have issued a stark warning after U.S. President Donald Trump vowed to impose escalating tariffs on European allies unless Washington is allowed to buy Greenland, describing the threat as
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Newly uncovered documents released by the National Security Archive expose how a little-known set of secret legal opinions authored in 1989 quietly rewrote the limits of U.S. presidential power. At the center
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History, when read without illusion, reveals a grim and recurring pattern: wherever the American deep state intrudes, devastation follows. Regime change is marketed as “democracy promotion,” intervention is wrapped in the language
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China’s rapid construction of a port network across Africa is emerging as a major geopolitical pivot, reshaping global trade and shifting the balance of power along the world’s most critical maritime arteries.
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