Since the conflict between Iran and the United States began, China’s role in the Middle East can be hard to figure out.

Beijing often criticizes Washington, speaks out against strikes on Iran, defends Iran’s sovereignty, and rejects American sanctions. Still, China does not give Iran any real military support and is careful not to get involved in the war.

This is likely not a contradiction. In fact, it is a key part of China’s strategy.

China supports Iran, but it does...

Taiwan and Iran are very different strategic theaters. Their geography, military environment and strategic importance to the United States are not comparable. Yet the Iran crisis raises a question Taiwan cannot ignore: what happens to American credibility when Washington must manage several major crises simultaneously?

The issue is not whether the United States remains the world's leading military power. It clearly does. Its global network of alliances, overseas bases and ability to pro...

In the recently concluded FIFA World Cup, Spain emerged as the champion. Spain won the title by defeating Argentina 1-0 in the final match played on 19th July. So, Spain won the Men’s Football World Cup for the first time since 2010. Apart from the Men’s Football World Cup, Spain is also the current champion of Women’s Football World Cup. The Spanish Women’s Football Team became won the football world cup in 2023. The very next year, in 2024, Spain’s Men Football Team won a gold med...

Is Beijing watching the US power, or especially its strategic patience? Yes, the Iran crisis is probably already influencing China’s strategic calculus, but not necessarily in favor of an immediate decision against Taiwan. Above all, Beijing observes coherence, endurance, and American strategic dispersion.

First, does the Iranian crisis influence Chinese calculations? Yes, because China regards Iran as a strategic laboratory; it is not limited to US strikes. It observes three things:...

There are moments when markets say out loud what diplomacy prefers to say in half-measures. The recent drop in oil prices is one such moment. It does not mean that the Middle East has entered a period of peace. Nor does it mean that the Iranian risk has disappeared. But it does indicate something more subtle: for now, markets no longer believe in the scenario of a major and lasting disruption to energy supplies.

This is when oil becomes a political indicator.

In early July, Brent ...

Taiwan is probably the real test of this meeting between the United States' President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping. Taiwan is the structural file, the one that can define the Sino-American relationship for years to come.

According to various press releases, Xi Jinping clearly placed Taiwan at the center of the confrontation.

On the US side, the public message seems much more cautious: the White House has mainly highlighted Iran, Hormuz, trade, access to the Chines...

We must be wary of a word that comes up too quickly in this type of crisis: objectivity. In geopolitics, perfectly neutral mediators rarely exist. What exists, however, are actors who are deemed sufficiently acceptable for both adversaries to continue talking to each other without completely losing face. This is exactly the place that Pakistan is trying to occupy between the United States and Iran. The high-level talks held in Islamabad on April 11–13 were the largest between Washington and...

The two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran, announced on April 7, is already being sold in radically different ways. Donald Trump is presenting it as proof that pressure worked. Tehran is presenting it as proof that it resisted, survived, and entered negotiations without surrender. Both narratives are politically useful. Neither is entirely false. But neither captures the deeper geopolitical reality. What we are seeing is not pure coercion, and it is certainly not simple capitu...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House in January 2025 immediately revived an old diplomatic illusion: the idea that he could do with Kim Jong-un what no American president had managed before him — strike a historic, personal, spectacular deal.

The fantasy is familiar. Donald Trump believes that what institutions fail to produce, men of will can impose. In his world, diplomacy is not a slow collective mechanism built on procedure, sequencing, and verification. It is a test of pers...

In part of the European debate concerning Iran, there is something extremely disturbing. How to understand that some analysts, intellectuals, politicians, in the name of democracy or international law, oppose the offensive led by the United States and Israel, while the power of the mullahs is among the most repressive in the region? How to explain this caution, mixed with a certain indulgence? With regard to a regime that oppresses its population, intensifies executions, and has inscribed its...

At first glance, the war by the United States (US) against the Iranian mullahs seems to follow a strictly Middle Eastern logic: weakening a hostile regional power, damaging its military structure, protecting Washington’s allies, and restoring deterrence. But this reading, while partly true, is incomplete. Behind the visible clash between Washington and Tehran, a broader fault line is emerging: the growing rivalry between the US and China. Iran is not only an enemy of the US; it is also one ...

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Iran’s response after February 28, 2026 may have created the opposite effect: it pushed Gulf states—carefully and often quietly—toward a de-facto security alignment with Washington, and indirectly with Israel.

On February 28, 2026, the joint US–Israeli strike on Iran opened a new phase that goes beyond the military battlefield. It also reshaped the political map of the crisis. By responding in ways that threatened Gulf territory and Gulf interests, Tehran turned several Gulf nei...

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Gender equality is one of the most important human rights issues in the modern world. It refers to the state in which individuals of all genders have equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities. The global gender equality movement seeks to eliminate discrimination against women and girls and promote equal participation in political, economic, and social life. However, this movement does not operate within ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the face of war, international relations, and the market of military equipment. It is seen as a transformation that is not just technical, as it affects strategy, poses ethical and legal challenges, and brings huge questions of arms races of a new kind.

Uses of AI in the Battlefield

Perception and Targeting

AI systems a...

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The global political and economic system is undergoing a major transformation. For many decades, international politics was dominated by one or two major powers. However, in recent years, the world has been moving toward a multipolar order, where multiple countries share power and influence. In this emerging system, has emerged as an important global player. Through economic growth, diplomatic engagement, strategic partnerships, and leadership in global institutions, India is playing a crucia...

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Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today welcomed the world leaders, captains of industry, innovators, policymakers, researchers, and technology enthusiasts from across the globe to the AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi. 

The Summit, themed “Sarvajana Hitaya, Sarvajana Sukhaya — Welfare for All, Happiness for All”, reflects India’s commitment to harnessing Artificial Intelligence for human-centric progress and inclusive development.

The Prime Minister high...

Since the crisis in Venezuela and the sending of elements from the US Navy off the coast of Iran while repression intensifies in Tehran, a question returns in strategic conversations: where are China and Russia? Why this restraint, this low tone, this impression of 'silence' when, in the blocs' imagination, Moscow and Beijing should take center stage, denounce Washington, and show massive support to their partners?

The answer is simple and disturbing: China and Russia are not silent bec...

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This article contends ...

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