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In the early hours of Friday, June 13, 2025, Israel launched its most significant military operation against Iran in decades. Codenamed "Operation Rising Lion," this massive assault targeted Iran's nuclear infrastructure, military installations, and senior leadership, fundamentally altering the strategic landscape of the Middle East. The
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Introduction China’s geopolitical strategy in the Asia-Pacific is advancing on two parallel tracks: military modernization to project power beyond its coastal waters and economic-diplomatic engagement to deepen interdependence with Southeast Asian nations. Over the past year, these efforts have intensified amid U.S. tariff pressures and regional security anxieties.
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The early hours of June 1, 2025, witnessed a daring Ukrainian operation targeting the Kerch Bridge, a 19-kilometer structure connecting Russia to Crimea. This third assault on the bridge since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 marked a new frontier in asymmetric warfare, leveraging covert underwater sabotage to cripple a
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Introduction On June 1, 2025, the central Sahel region was once again thrust into the international spotlight when Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), an Al Qaeda-affiliated group, launched a devastating assault on a Malian military base near Boulkessi, close to the Burkina Faso border. The attack resulted in
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The United Kingdom’s decision to endorse Morocco’s autonomy proposal for Western Sahara marks a pivotal moment in one of Africa’s most protracted territorial disputes. Announced on June 1, 2025, by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, this policy shift aligns Britain with a growing cohort of nations supporting Moroccan
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The dawn of June 1, 2025, marked a paradigm shift in the Russo-Ukrainian conflict as Ukrainian drones penetrated over 4,300 kilometers into Russian territory to strike the Belaya airbase in Siberia—a facility housing nuclear-capable Tu-95MS "Bear" and Tu-22M3 "Backfire" strategic bombers. This audacious attack,
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Mexico's political landscape underwent a seismic shift on June 1, 2025, as 68 million registered voters participated in the largest judicial experiment in modern democratic history. For the first time, citizens directly elected 2,626 judges across all levels of the judiciary—from neighborhood courts to the Supreme
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The 2025 Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore became the stage for one of the most direct public confrontations between China and the United States in recent years, exposing the deepening fissures in their strategic competition. China’s defense ministry launched an unprecedented broadside against U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing
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Introduction In May 2025, Russia’s literary and cultural landscape was rocked by a sweeping directive: major book distributors ordered the removal of British and U.S. bestsellers, as well as works by prominent Russian and international authors, from bookshop shelves across the country. This purge, widely interpreted as part
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Introduction In a move that marks a profound shift in Europe’s approach to the ongoing war in Ukraine, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to assist Ukraine in producing long-range weapons, explicitly stating that there are “no longer” any range restrictions on weapons supplied by Kyiv’s Western allies.
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Introduction The Asia-Pacific region witnessed two landmark developments in the past 18 hours that are poised to reshape its geopolitical and economic trajectory. First, China, Pakistan, and Afghanistan reached a trilateral agreement to expand the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) northward into Afghanistan, integrating the war-torn nation into Beijing’s Belt
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Introduction In late May 2025, reports emerged that the Trump administration is considering a significant reduction in the U.S. military presence in South Korea, with a proposal to withdraw approximately 4,500 troops—about 16% of the 28,500-strong United States Forces Korea (USFK)—and redeploy them to other