Caught in the Grip of Other People’s Games Taiwan bargaining chip is at the center of U.S.-Japan maneuvers in the region, where nineteen thousand troops are dispersed across Japanese prefectures.…
Weapons That Smell of Earth Resource geopolitics begins with rare earths and germanium, which have long become the "fuel" of modern warfare. Without them, satellites go blind, missiles go deaf,…
Asia Reshapes the Digital Front On the map of the 21st century, new borders are drawn not along rivers or mountains, but across servers and data centers. From Beijing to…
Arteries of Empire: How the West Tamed Global Energy For decades, the global map of energy flows resembled the circulatory system of an Empire. The Suez Canal and the Strait…
The Mirage of Pax Americana The South China Sea clashes 2025 strip the last veil from Washington’s mythology. What parades as “order” is little more than the scattered footprints of…
A century ago the British flag hung over harbors from Hong Kong to Singapore. Today the same flag reappears on the horizon, not as a force of command but as…
The silence of the ocean is deceptive. It carries centuries of memory, and sometimes it carries revolutions. A meeting hall in Honiara can alter the map more than a fleet…
A Maritime Knot of Imperial PhantomsIndia and the Philippines Patrol Without Washington. The South China Sea is a mirror reflecting the twilight of empires. Military outposts, oil routes, and geopolitical…
Asia as the Arsenal of Other People’s Wars The Indo-Pacific is becoming a map densely studded with weapons depots. The Pentagon is rushing in missiles, ammunition, and containers of military…
The Pentagon no longer asks. It commands. Military exercises turn into political oaths. Hardware becomes a symbol of loyalty. And U.S. allies become hostages of dependence, stripped of the right…