10+ hour, 25+ min ago  (49+ words) Non-Alignment Abroad, State Planning at Home China: From Postcolonial Partner to Strategic Rival India's Economic Potential vs Reality U. S. India Trade & Commerce Defense and Security Cooperation The Second Trump Administration The original appeared in the Indian Journal of Asian Affairs. " 2026 Hudson…...

10+ hour, 25+ min ago  (378+ words) In this special report, Hudson Senior Fellow Can Kasapoglu examines how China is bolstering Iran's long-range strike deterrent by providing the Islamic Republic with satellite-based targeting data. He then analyzes the policy implications of this development. During Operation Epic Fury,…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago  (498+ words) A new proposal circulating in Washington " the Silk Seven Plus (S7+) initiative "aims to reshape Central Asiaby linking its five post-Soviet states with Afghanistan and Pakistan into an integrated economic region. Azerbaijan is also seen as a potential addition. The idea,…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (293+ words) Political-military activity around Belarus is heating up and may constitute what intelligence analysis calls weak signals: ambiguous background noise that can presage major strategic shifts. After reviewing this episode, which may mark a potential political-military turning point, the report turns…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago  (866+ words) The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit revealed a dangerous temptation in American foreign policy: the desire to substitute comforting illusions for strategic clarity. But illusions do not preserve peace. They invite aggression. The free world must reject Beijing's false narratives and recognize…...

1+ week, 9+ hour ago  (634+ words) The Trump-Xi summit in Beijing may have projected calm at the leader level, but it should not be mistaken for strategic convergence. Whatever one makes of the new language of "constructive strategic stability," the underlying reality is one of constrained…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (147+ words) The U. S. uses $4 million Patriot interceptors to destroy drones that cost $20, 000 to $50, 000. The war in Iran teaches an old lesson about military spending. Six hundred years ago, on a muddy field near Agincourt in northern France, King Henry V's outnumbered, half-starved…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (366+ words) Last week, fighting continued at a high operational tempo amid ongoing Russian pressure. Ukrainian reporting and open-source intelligence indicated that on some days Russian and Ukrainian forces waged roughly 200 to 250 tactical engagements." The heaviest fighting continued to center around Pokrovsk,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (523+ words) Beneath the summit optics lies the reality that China's rapid nuclear transformation is increasingly straining extended deterrence and unsettling the United States' Asian allies. Xi Jinping's supreme confidence in hosting U. S. President Donald Trump reflected Beijing's conviction that time and strategic…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (1657+ words) Many on the right have joined President Donald Trump's heated ridicule of the behavior of our European allies during Operation Epic Fury: their risk aversion, penchant for process over decision and action, and overall lack of preparedness and capability to…...