Global Affairs
The early morning hours of July 14, 2025, marked another devastating escalation in Russia's ongoing aerial terror campaign against Ukraine, as Russian forces launched a massive coordinated strike involving 136 drones and multiple missiles across Ukraine's western regions. This attack represents a significant intensification of Moscow&
Global Affairs
Global Affairs
The conclusion of the NATO summit in The Hague on June 26, 2025, marked a watershed moment in the alliance's 76-year history, fundamentally reshaping the burden-sharing dynamics that have long characterized transatlantic security cooperation. The unprecedented commitment by NATO members to increase defense spending to 5% of GDP
Global Affairs
The most significant geopolitical development in the Asia-Pacific region represents a watershed moment in Chinese military politics. The simultaneous removal of multiple high-ranking officials from key positions demonstrates the intensification of President Xi Jinping's ongoing anti-corruption campaign within the military establishment, revealing deep structural issues within China'
Global Affairs
Executive Summary On Monday, June 23, 2025, Iran launched a coordinated missile attack against U.S. military installations in Qatar and Iraq, marking a significant escalation in Middle Eastern tensions following the United States' unprecedented strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend [1][2][3]. The Iranian Revolutionary
Global Affairs
In a dramatic escalation of Middle Eastern tensions, President Donald Trump announced on the evening of June 21, 2025, that the United States had conducted precision airstrikes against three Iranian nuclear facilities. This marked the first direct U.S. military action against Iran in history and represented a significant shift
Global Affairs
In a significant escalation of insurgent tactics, Al-Shabaab militants destroyed the strategic Barire River bridge in Somalia's Lower Shabelle region on Monday, June 17, 2025, demonstrating the terrorist group's continued ability to disrupt military operations and undermine infrastructure development in the Horn of Africa[1]. This
Global Affairs
In a significant demonstration of naval power projection, China has for the first time simultaneously deployed two aircraft carriers beyond Japan's Second Island Chain, marking a watershed moment in Beijing's maritime strategy and regional power dynamics. This unprecedented operation, involving the Liaoning and Shandong carrier strike
Global Affairs
The European Union finds itself navigating a complex geopolitical landscape in June 2025, simultaneously responding to the escalating Israel-Iran conflict while advancing its ambitious internal policy agenda. This dual focus highlights the EU's evolving role as both a global diplomatic actor and a regulatory powerhouse, even as these
Global Affairs
Russia has dramatically intensified its military operations across multiple fronts in Ukraine, marking June 2025 as a period of unprecedented territorial expansion and aerial warfare escalation. The simultaneous advances into the strategically vital Dnipropetrovsk region and the intensification of operations in Sumy Oblast represent Moscow's most ambitious territorial
Global Affairs
In the early hours of June 13, 2025, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, its most significant military action against Iran in decades, targeting nuclear facilities and eliminating key Iranian military leadership. This unprecedented strike placed the Trump administration in a precarious position, caught between supporting a longstanding ally and salvaging
Global Affairs
The geopolitical landscape of Africa has witnessed dramatic shifts in recent days, marked by Russia's formal restructuring of its military presence in Mali and Al-Shabaab's aggressive territorial expansion in Somalia. These developments signal broader transformations in both foreign military engagement strategies and regional security dynamics that