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Of Human Bondage and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-First Century

The Peoples Born with Scars and Searching for a Place Beneath the Same Sun In 1915, British writer William Somerset Maugham published Of Human Bondage, one of the great novels of the twentieth century. Inspired in part by his own…

IPSU — Indo-Pacific Strategic Unity

A proposal to recognize the Indo-Pacific as an integrated strategic system and move toward a future architecture of regional cooperation. “China, the United States, India, Russia, ASEAN, energy, chips, and routes on the chessboard where the twenty-first century is being…

Geopolitical Shift in South Asia: Bangladesh Outlines $7 Billion Military Modernization Plan

By Asif Showkat Kallol (Dhaka Bureau) Against the backdrop of escalating strategic competition and shifting security dynamics across the Indo-Pacific, Bangladesh has announced an ambitious military modernization programme. Valued at approximately Tk 86,000 crore (around US$7 billion), the proposed initiative…

The Symphony of the Drums of War

The Houthi Attack on Saudi Arabia Warns That the War Waged by the United States and Israel Against Iran Is Beginning to Spread Across the Middle East and Threatens to Reach the Strategic Routes of the Indo-Pacific “When a conflict…

Indo-Pacific, the Ocean Where the Twenty-First Century Is Being Written

China, United States, India, Russia, UE, ASEAN, chips, energy, and routes on the true chessboard of power “There are maps that do not need to shout. It is enough to look at them carefully to understand where history is moving.”…

“Rhetoric vs. Reality: The Consequences of U.S. Indo-Pacific Militarization”

Every bit of U.S. government espoused fear-mongering and warmongering rhetoric, policies, and practices, perplexingly designed as a form of deterrence, bears scrutiny. Containing a rising China has been a primary focus in what has resulted in the downward vortex of…

Wang Yi: U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is bound to be a failed one

The U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy is causing more and more vigilance and concern in the world, especially among the countries in the Asia-Pacific region, said Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday. He made the remarks during a…