China’s renewed land reclamation at Antelope Reef comes as the ongoing US-Israel-Iran War draws significant US military assets into the Middle East, raising questions over whether shifting US force posture...
Two days after President Donald Trump declared that Iran was “no longer a threat” and that its air defense had been “annihilated,” Iranian forces reportedly struck down two US jets on Friday....
A friend in Indonesia recently told me about a conversation he had with ChatGPT. He had typed a question in Bahasa Indonesia about how to handle a difficult family dispute....
Silicon Valley futurist Roy Amara famously observed in the 1970s that we “tend to overestimate the effect of a technology in the short run and underestimate the effect in the...
Japan’s 12,000-ton Aegis ships promise stronger missile defense—but may concentrate risk in ways that echo past naval failures. Last month, Naval News reported that Japan’s Ministry of Defense confirmed construction...
China is moving to resume large-scale purchases of United States liquefied natural gas (LNG) and crude oil, as supply disruptions in the Middle East and tightening fuel markets across Asia...
Invasions of ancient Persia were always daunting tasks. They often led to disaster. In the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, the Persian empire came to dominate a vast and varied...
The Philippines has become the first nation to declare an energy emergency, underscoring the severity of its current crisis. As global oil markets react to renewed conflict in the Middle...
Indonesia’s digital financial ecosystem is expanding rapidly, but regulatory scrutiny has struggled to keep pace with the growing influence of social media personalities who provide investment commentary to millions of...
As the Middle East war between Iran, the United States, and Israel, enters its 34th day, it has become evident that we are witnessing more than just another chapter in...
