Canada supplies almost two-thirds of US crude oil imports and is diversifying toward Asia. Its export routes run through straits the US Navy could close.

Bangladesh is strengthening important relationships in several directions at once. In March 2026, Foreign Minister Khalilur Rahman met US Energy Secretary Chris Wright in Washington to discuss energy ...

Indonesia’s admission into BRICS marks one of the most consequential shifts in its foreign policy since the country helped establish the G20 as a premier forum for global economic cooperation. For ...

On India’s 80th Independence Day this August, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled “Saptadhara,” a seven-stream framework meant to carry the country to developed nation status by 2047. Infrastructure ...

Afghanistan’s opium ban cut cultivation by 96%. Its effects on global narcotics markets, and on criminal revenues and profits, are far less certain.

Thailand, Brazil and Colombia chose the Gripen over US fighters. The reason is not price or stealth, but who keeps a veto over the software.

Canada’s defense spending surge targets 125,000 new jobs by 2035. Unmanned systems, not autos, may be the industry that replaces what tariffs took.

China's envoy warned of consequences for Taiwan at the 2026 Pacific Islands Forum in Palau. How Beijing pressures the PIF, and how the Quad answers.

India now builds 65% of its own military hardware, and is pressing Moscow for technology transfer rather than finished weapons. The leverage has shifted.