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.
The recently signed Pakistani-Saudi Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement marks a major evolution in both countries’ security policies. Among other considerations, the accord formalizes, with a binding treaty, their military partnership. The agreement marks the first time Pakistan has, even implicitly, extended its nuclear shield to another country.
When Israeli forces struck Hamas leaders in Doha, they did not merely eliminate a few operatives; they violated the territory of a US-aligned ally, upended Qatar’s delicate role as mediator, and signaled that even the most carefully maintained diplomatic spaces in the Gulf are now battlefields.
American democracy is undergoing one of its most disruptive experiments in the modern era. In just eight months back in office, Donald Trump has unleashed a torrent of executive orders that stretch the boundaries of presidential power, reshaping the balance between the executive and Congress while reverberating across global alliances anchoring the world order.
The United States has asked European countries to deliver a comprehensive blueprint on the Muslim Brotherhood’s organizational structures, networks, and legal fronts within their territories, a European diplomatic source familiar with the matter said.
China’s September 3 military parade was more than a show of strength. It signaled the arrival of a new nuclear era that could upend global security calculations. The parade highlighted how the PRC’s growing nuclear arsenal directly challenges US strategic deterrence, escalates regional proliferation dangers, and threatens the demise of global arms control.
China’s military parade on September 3, 2025, underscored Beijing’s ambition to become the central pillar of those opposing the United States’ global hegemony. Several moments highlighted this Chinese aspiration during the parade. The People’s Liberation Army showcased China’s nuclear triad for the first time, comprising land-based, submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and nuclear-capable bombers.
Britain’s immigration debate is no longer about visas or small boats. It has become a referendum on who belongs and whether the state can still balance compassion with control. For the past decade, British debates over immigration were waged in the technocratic register: visa caps, asylum processing times, small-boat interdictions. That register has collapsed.
Europe faces a strategic reckoning. Russia’s war in Ukraine has brought conflict to the continent’s doorstep, while the return of Donald Trump to the White House has made the transatlantic alliance uncertain. At the center of this crisis sits Britain: militarily essential to NATO, cautiously re-engaging with the EU, yet constrained by domestic politics and …
In further extending its hold over critical technologies, China deepened its control over the rare earth sector earlier this month, broadening restrictions from raw materials to critical processing and manufacturing technologies.
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