China’s export controls on rare earths have exposed Japan’s persistent dependence, prompting Tokyo to promote deep-sea mining as a path to self-sufficiency. However, the Minamitorishima project ...

What matters most for China is not whether the United States is in decline but how to understand a country that seeks to shape history while being no longer willing to bear the costs under the old ...

The contradictions between the Trump administration’s state strategies and outward actions highlight its new geopolitical interventionist mindset. It claims to oppose prolonged wars, yet it does not ...

The pretext for Trump’s aggression against Iran, in partnership with Israel, is flimsy. As the saying goes, even a gentle rabbit may bite when cornered. The current war is, in some respects, an ...

The U.S.-Israel war with Iran is exposing widening reluctance among American allies to support the conflict, signaling ...

Advances in AI and robotics, highlighted by rapid progress in China, are driving a “Robot Revolution” that will reshape work, production, and global power. Countries that lead in developing humanoid ...

Constrained by structural factors such as their defense systems, however, the so-called transatlantic shared he ...

Middle powers on the continent have a real motivation to cooperate. Constrained by structural factors such as their defense systems, however, the so-called transatlantic shared heritage and the scale ...

The U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran have heightened regional instability while exposing China’s complex strategic dilemma, as Beijing seeks to safeguard critical energy imports and investments without ...

An era has reached its end. Washington now faces a stark choice: It must either pay the true diplomatic and political price ...

Four interconnected risks threaten Republican control of the U.S. Congress in November’s midterm elections. The vote will ...

U.S. strikes on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei redirected American military resources and attention from the ...