North Korea-Japan enmity going hypersonic
Japan and North Korea have stepped up their arms race to another level, a tit-for-tat escalation with big implications for regional security and stability.
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Turkey’s economy paying the price for years of policy mishaps
For many years, it wasn’t the economy that determined voting behavior in Turkey. The country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, won almost every election he contested despite a deteriorating economic outlook.
Gold as a geopolitical risk hedge: A groundbreaking analysis
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U.S. to say Indian refineries help make Russia oil price cap work
The G7 price cap on Russian oil shipments is cutting the revenue that Moscow has available to support its invasion of Ukraine, and the mechanism's effectiveness is helped by the recent actions of Indian refiners, U.S. officials will say in New Delhi on Thursday, according to prepared remarks.
Thursday Briefing: Ukraine Lowers the Draft Age
President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a law lowering the draft age from 27 to 25 and eliminated some medical exemptions in an effort to replenish Ukraine’s exhausted army. He also created an electronic database of men, starting at age 17, to crack down on draft dodgers.
India losing friends and looking vulnerable
The Ukraine-Russia war and Hamas-Israel conflict have both significantly altered India’s strategic and security calculations.
Why is North Korea testing hypersonic missiles and how do they work?
SEOUL — North Korea has tested a new solid-fuel hypersonic missile with intermediate range, it said on Wednesday (April 3), in an intensifying race for the next generation of long-range rockets hard to track and intercept.
Will Kyiv’s ‘conciliatory’ stance change India’s neutrality on Russia-Ukraine war?
His visit marked a change in the diplomatic tone adopted by Ukraine, which had in August 2022 accused India of buying cheap Russian oil tainted with “Ukrainian blood” during the conflict.