South East Asia

History, when it chooses to humiliate power, does not bother with elegance — it stages spectacle. Islamabad — a capital long patronized, managed, and dismissed — now hosts the very powers that presumed they could redraw the region with missiles and press briefings. But let us be precise: this is …

Nombre de mes lecteurs savent que je n’ai pas toujours été un allié facile sur cette question. Au sein de la vaste constellation de voix qui constituent le mouvement anti-impérialiste – un mouvement auquel j’ai consacré une part importante de ma vie et de mon travail -, je suis, depuis …

WASHINGTON—As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues, some commentators have speculated about why China and Russia appear to be keeping their distance from the conflict. Neither appears eager to intervene militarily to support Iran. Moreover, China is reportedly hesitant to send arms to Iran, while Russia is benefiting from the …

Washington Institute experts explain what U.S. officials and military planners should be on the lookout for as great power competitors and close allies outside the region consider their responses to the crisis. Trump’s Next Steps Will Reverberate Beyond the Middle East President Trump’s decision to attack Iran adds another layer …

The Islamic Republic of Iran’s proxy groups and sympathetic Shiite communities have arranged demonstrations across the Middle East following the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an airstrike. Many of these protests have turned violent, with some forcing US Embassies and consulates to close. Nonessential diplomatic staff have …

Actions speak louder than words. But right now, words are all that China can afford to offer the regime in Iran. On March 1, the Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while urging an immediate cessation of hostilities. Beijing has long supported Iran …

La présence militaire chinoise s’intensifie en Afrique avec les exercices navals BRICS menés par l’APL Les efforts continus de la Chine pour intégrer les gouvernements africains dans ses architectures de sécurité mondiales risquent de compromettre la préférence de longue date de l’Afrique pour éviter d’être entraînée dans des camps géopolitiques …

L’objectif est d’obtenir un contrôle indirect sur les immenses réserves de pétrole et de gaz iraniennes afin de les utiliser comme moyen de pression sur la Chine et de la contraindre à un accord commercial déséquilibré. Cet accord permettrait de freiner son ascension au rang de superpuissance et, par conséquent, …

Trump warned countries against reneging on their deals with the US, and even if he can’t legally reimpose his threatened 25% punitive tariff on India if it defiantly reverses its trend of reducing Russian oil imports, he might still resume the US’ containment of it through Pakistan and Bangladesh. CNBC …

The goal is to obtain proxy control over Iran’s enormous oil and gas reserves so that they can be weaponized as leverage against China for coercing it into a lopsided trade deal that would derail its superpower rise and therefore restore US-led unipolarity. Trump claimed that the US’ military campaign …