Kazakhstan’s decision to abstain from BRICS membership aligns with broader foreign policy goals, namely maintaining a strategic balance between East and West.

Impractical as it may seem, the ruling junta in Myanmar is rolling out a census and planning to hold elections amid a raging civil war. But the effort may be hiding ulterior, more sinister motives.

India is a key member of a BRICS bloc that increasingly appears committed to advancing de-dollarization, yet doing so will only advance Beijing’s regional and global interests at the expense of New Delhi’s.

Russian PMCs have helped the Kremlin expand its global alliances and secure critical minerals, and all at a relatively low cost. They will remain a feature of Russian foreign policy unless countered by Washington.

With the establishment of the Canadian Armed Forces Cyber Command (CYBERCOM), Canada joins nine other global militaries with a cyber-based command.

The September economic data has not been kind to China: deflation and export stagnation, generating new calls for the authorities to implement fiscal stimulus measures before price drops become further entrenched.

China and Russia Arctic policy is converging as climate change opens the region up to international shipping. And this is creating new challenges for a US defense establishment that has long taken the stability of the region for granted.

Turkey has routinely flouted NATO and U.S. interests while Washington looks the other way out of concern of alienating its ‘too big to fail’ ally. It’s time to strip Ankara of this exceptional status.

China’s irregular maritime forces were essential in redrawing the map of the South China Sea over the past two decades, and they remain a fixture in any new ground-level clash with rival claimants.

Trans-border waterways have always been sources of geopolitical tension, and climate change is only making cooperation more difficult. This article examines three international water conflicts to keep an eye on in the coming years.