On June 22, 2025, the United States executed "Operation Midnight Hammer," where over 125 U.S. military aircraft targeted three Iranian nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. The surprise ...

China is increasingly a global power. Its overseas interests are vast and complex, spanning every region of the world. In many places, Beijing is leveraging new sources of strength to assert its ...

Applicants must be between 25-40 years old at the time of the Young Pacific Leaders (YPL) Workshop on Regional Security. Applicants must be a citizen and current resident of one of the YPL countries: ...

By: Meredith Broadbent and Joyce Bongongo This month, Florida became the seventh state to sign a trade Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom, advancing a new strategy to cement ...

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In order to achieve its stated objective of dismantling Iran’s nuclear program, Israel will need to take out a key Iranian facility, the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant. Fordow is buried deep under a ...

It’s generally unwise to initiate a fight you are unlikely to win. That is a principle that military officers generally try to adhere to. As for NATO’s political leaders, apparently not. NATO has just ...

With China recently imposing export restrictions on rare earth elements—leading to U.S. automakers to halt production due to supply shortages—one of the most urgent issues is how to establish reliable ...

On June 13, Israel launched an unprecedented attack on Iran’s nuclear and military targets. The attacks are ongoing, but explosions have been reported across the country, including in Tehran, Natanz, ...

On Saturday, June 21, the United States attacked three facilities in Iran critical to Tehran’s nuclear program. The attack, named Operation Midnight Hammer, included a strike package of seven B-2 ...

Trump’s decision to bomb three of Iran’s nuclear sites was probably the right call. Many will say that the United States risks a broad and disastrous war, but that is far from the most likely outcome.