China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy is considered to have the world’s largest naval fleet with around 370 vessels, a status driven by an aggressive modernization campaign. A significant component of this expansion includes its nuclear-powered submarine capabilities, which are crucial for a credible sea-based nuclear deterrent.
The world’s most populous black nation is currently facing a serious onslaught of allegations of religious persecution pressed forward by the world’s most powerful country. Washington recently declared Nigeria a country of concern due to its alleged incessant Christian genocide in the northern region of the country, predominantly populated by Muslims.
Dubbed the continent of the future, Africa represents boundless opportunities and growth potential that could largely reshape the global future. This potential could also endow Africa with a major role on the geopolitical stage. However, while continuing to reinforce its resolve to rise to the occasion, Africa needs to acknowledge that much work is left …
Zohran Mamdani’s remarkable win in New York City has rewritten the political playbook, but the real test is only just beginning. His transition from state assemblyman to mayor is not an ending but a beginning, where ideals collide with the reality of power and where slogans must evolve into policy.
US President Donald Trump’s demand for the United States to regain control of Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan has provoked strong regional opposition. Though not without strategic logic, major obstacles preclude such a restoration in the near term. The United States could more productively pursue cooperation on less provocative security issues.
US President Donald Trump just completed his most significant foreign trip of the year. His week-long sojourn in Asia provided opportunities to augment ties with new allied leaders, underscore the enduring US regional presence to wavering partners, and manage tensions while reinforcing deterrence against China.
In a move that underscores the deepening geopolitical rivalry between Washington and Beijing over strategic industries, China on October 14, 2025, announced sanctions against five US-based subsidiaries of a South Korean shipbuilder. The sanctions, implemented under China’s Anti-Foreign Sanctions Law, banned Chinese firms from doing business with listed entities.
Long defined by its division and non-alignment, the Republic of Cyprus is quietly but decisively recalibrating its strategic orientation. Nicosia has begun to assume a more confident, Western-anchored role, upgrading cooperation with the US, investing in EU–NATO coordination, and emerging as a humanitarian and diplomatic hub in times of crisis.
Paris has seen barricades and coups, the theater of revolutions and plebiscites. Yet the most consequential French crises rarely announce themselves with cannon fire. They arrive softly, disguised as cabinet reshuffles and procedural improvisations. This autumn’s sequence, the resignation and reappointment of Sébastien Lecornu, can look like a farce. It isn’t. It’s a clinical finding.
China’s People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is considered to have the world’s largest naval fleet with around 370 vessels, a status driven by an aggressive modernization campaign.
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