By Nouriel Roubini (Project Syndicate, June 23, 2025) In this thought-provoking commentary for Project Syndicate, economist Nouriel Roubini presents a compelling argument that the Iranian regime is on the brink of collapse, potentially within the next year. Roubini...
As the US and others struggle to confront AI-driven disinformation, Taiwan’s resilience has become its latest key export Taiwan, widely considered one of the world’s most targeted democracies for foreign disinformation, made headlines last week as it was tapped to...
Japan's annual defense review has expressed ''deep concern'' over what it sees as China's ''coercion'' and aggressiveness, particularly in the South China Sea. The review comes amid heightened tension in East and Southeast Asia less than a month after an arbitration...
Jane's Defense Weekly looks at the European Union's expansion of military operations to counter new threats from Islamic terrorists and Russia. The article starts: "Over the past two years the EU's military operations have increased considerably, with the latest...
Why is China such a discouraging place for American technology companies? One reason, Robert Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, told the Los Angeles that: “Since President Xi Jinping took office, they have...
Map by konact Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders have made progress in talks aimed at the political reunification of the island (part of which is effectively occupied by Turkey) on the basis of establishing a two-zone, two-community federal...
China’s increasingly aggressive military is pushing the nation's also aggressive Communist political leadership to be willing to attack the U.S. and other nations that are pushing back against China's attempt to take over the South China Sea through military threats....
South Africans will vote on Aug. 3 on elections for mayors and local councillors and in so doing they might end up redrawing the nation's political map. The Guardian reports that for the first time since taking power in 1994, the African National Congress (ANC)...