China’s space programme suffered another setback on Thursday night with its second rocket launch failure in less than a month. Officials are investigating what caused a malfunction during th... Read more
The Coronavirus Threatens NATO. Let’s Move to Protect the Alliance.
The global fight against COVID-19 has devastating economic consequences which might soon be felt in the defense sector. First estimates by OECD and national institutions conclude that the in... Read more
Inside Wuhan’s Secretive National Biosafety Lab
Controversy and secrecy appear to lurk in the corridors of the National Biosafety Laboratory in Wuhan. Described as “a cell within the Chinese Academy of Science’s Institute of Virology,” it... Read more
Indonesia Borrows Big to Avoid Covid-19 Collapse
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and her fiscal policy cohorts seem to have a better grasp of what is needed to keep the country ticking over economically during the Covid-1... Read more
Coronavirus: Japan Declares State of Emergency, 18 Tokyo Doctors Infected After Dinner party
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to fight new coronavirus infections in major population centres and unveiled a stimulus package he described as am... Read more
Dispatch from Rome: On hope and COVID-19
It is 6 p.m in Rome. The entire city has been in COVID-19 lock-down for a month. It only seems longer. After all this time, everyone would much prefer to be outside. The weather today was be... Read more
Two Front War: Chinese Coronavirus and Pakistani Terror Virus
Indian Army is at the frontline of a war against an invisible enemy – the Chinese Coronavirus. Simultaneously, it’s also fighting a pitched battle with the ‘Pakistani Terror Virus’ in... Read more
DRDO Reinvents in War against Chinese Virus
In the war against the Chinese virus, India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO)is reinventing itself and quickly developing some critical medical solutions to ensure not ju... Read more
What Will Iran Do As the US Negotiates a Withdrawal from Afghanistan?
Tehran is eager to deepen its influence on Kabul, the Taliban, and other Afghan actors. Iran is watching closely as U.S. and Taliban negotiate an end to America’s operations in Afghanistan.... Read more
United States military officials have requested an additional US$20 billion in funding from legislators to fortify the country’s naval, airborne and ground-based operations in the Indo-Pacif... Read more