The severing of undersea cables in the Baltic Sea and off the coast of Taiwan echo the ongoing evolution in the hybrid warfare strategy of China, a likely culprit behind the sabotage.

The fall of the Tatmadaw’s Western Command marks a collapse of state control across Rakhine State, but governance challenges loom for the victorious Arakan Army.

Though Beijing has taken several steps to alleviate its ‘Malacca Dilemma,’ China remains vulnerable as ever to a naval blockade in a hypothetical conflict with the US Navy, at least in the short-term.

There is a risk of history repeating itself as Syria refugee camps incubate a new generation of potential recruits for Islamic State and other extremist outfits.

Examining the political contexts and linkages between Kurdish movements in Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Turkey – all of which will be impacted by the fall of the Assad regime in Syria.

The China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) was supposed to provide economic growth while alleviating one of China’s overriding strategic concerns, but the project has never truly gotten off the ground.

The geopolitical context of 2011 is starkly different from that of today, perhaps leading to a desire on the part of some players to revisit the outcome of the Syrian civil war.

Donald Trump’s personality and negotiating style suggests that some of the worst-case scenarios in a Ukraine peace deal are overblown.

Beijing is taking a more active role in the Myanmar civil war by deploying a private security company to protect Chinese investments in the country.

Mounting US-China tensions are increasingly being reflected in threat assessments across the US policy establishment.