Garuda Indonesia trapped in a relentless financial tailspin
The scene inside Garuda Indonesia’s hangars at the end of 2025 was one of stark contradiction. On paper, the airline has just secured a massive capital injection of 23.7 trillion...
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China steps into Iran breach as investments face fire
Tehran has promised to ensure safe passage for vessels from all countries except those at war with it in the Strait of Hormuz, after Beijing intervened in the US-Iran conflict. ...
The Indo-Pacific strategy just sank in Iran
Over the past decade, capitals from Australia to France, India to Japan and South Korea to the UK, have rolled out Indo-Pacific strategies with the confidence of a shared script:...
Should holders of US debt take Iran’s military threat literally?
It’s tempting to see as a clear escalation ’s declaration on Sunday that all those holding US Treasury bonds are now legitimate targets of violent reprisals. Iran has – by...
A million SpaceX satellites will ruin the night sky
More than 10,000 Starlink satellites currently orbit the Earth. We see them crawling across dark skies, no matter how remote our location, and streaking through images from research telescopes. SpaceX...
‘Operation Hidden Hand’: Iran-Russia military axis comes into view
Emerging reports of Russian intelligence support to Iran in its war with the US and Israel are raising critical questions about the scope, credibility and strategic implications of deepening Russia–Iran...
‘Chinese characteristics’ and Xi Jinping’s latest purge of brass
Originally published by Pacific Forum, the article is republished with permission. Most Western analyses of the recent purge of two People’s Liberation Army four-star generals (上将) treat this development as...
With Iran talks claim, is Trump just calming markets till...
Iran’s foreign ministry on Monday denied US President Donald Trump’s claim that the two sides were engaged in “productive” talks over a possible end to the conflict started by the...
Web of sensors: How US spots and kills Iran’s missiles...
The global price of oil continues to skyrocket as Iran’s missiles and drones hit vital infrastructure in Arab Gulf states. Billion-dollar American radar systems have also been targeted and destroyed...
US should practice what it preaches on Vietnam religious freedom
On March 19, Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs rejected the latest annual report from the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) as “unobjective, inaccurate and based on information with...
