This week we cover new efforts by China to solidify control over global tungsten supply chains, centered around the Nui Phao complex in Vietnam; enduring political risks despite President Subianto ...

The death of a student protester is a tragedy. But it’s now up to the Indonesian government to match constitutional promise with institutional practice, to choose remedy over ritual, and to convert ...

The latest MENA Region news and risk analysis. The Geopolitical Monitor provides objective and critical insights into the most pressing issues shaping global geopolitics, helping you keep pace with a ...

The US withdrawal from Iraq’s Ain al-Asad and Victoria bases does not amount to a strategic withdrawal from the Middle East. Rather, it’s a tactical shift intended to put the US military’s long-term ...

History and geography cast long shadows over Vietnam’s role in the South China Sea Dispute, with Hanoi having to thread the needle between two naval giants under a flag of ‘bamboo diplomacy.’ ...

China is moving forward on the development of the Wakhan Corridor, creating a direct land link with Afghanistan. Yet the slow pace of cooperation reflects justified concerns over the security of the ...

For India and the United States, the choice is clear: innovate, cooperate, or fall behind in a rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape.

The Yarlung Zangbo dam project represents a watershed moment in China’s emergence as a hydro-hegemon capable of manipulating water flows across multiple international boundaries for its own strategic ...

The Indonesian government and its regional partners must respond to recent Jakarta protests with radical transparency, expanded civic pathways, and a program to restore economic opportunity. This is ...

India has long aimed to establish itself as a key player in the global arms market, formalized by the ‘Made in India’ drive ...