Diplomacy & International Relations

Why Northeast Asia risks repeating Europe’s 19th-century mistakes (Ju Hyung Kim – The Interpreter)

Whether across the Taiwan Strait, on the Korean Peninsula, or in the East China Sea, the region is drifting toward a historical inflection point....

U.S. Defense Intelligence Flags Rivals’ Growing Military Use of Quantum Tech (Quantum Insider)

The 2025 DIA threat assessment warns that quantum technologies are nearing operational military use, with rival nations investing in sensing, secure communications, and computing...

Nordic Countries Align on Quantum Strategy, Signals Rise in Regional Tech Cooperation (Quantum Insider)

The Nordic countries have issued a joint declaration to coordinate quantum technology development, focusing on regional integration across education, funding, regulation, infrastructure, security, and...

China allegedly making its own supercomputer chips to cut dependence on US tech (Interesting Engineering)

Supercomputers have been a powerful tool ever since their birth in the 1960s. Today, almost every nation has advanced supercomputing facilities and systems capable...

UK’s Royal Navy to use AI for ‘hostile’ threats, including Russian movements in Arctic (Interesting Engineering)

Russia’s war efforts in Ukraine show no signs of slowing down any time soon. The UK has now gone on alert regarding the Russians’...

India, the EU and the Demand for Renewed Partnerships (Swati Prabhu – Observer Research Foundation)

The global development narrative has visibly shifted, with the world order rapidly throwing curveballs. Trump 2.0’s increasing tariffs and decreasing aid marked the beginning...

How Indian Companies Plan to Invest: The First Private Capex Survey (Arya Roy Bardhan – Observer Research Foundation)

Capital expenditure, or Capex, has been a driving force in economic theory. It refers to and involves any investments undertaken by businesses to enhance...

Peace Promises, War Realities: Myanmar’s Spiral into Crisis (Sreeparna Banerjee – Observer Research Foundation)

Myanmar’s humanitarian crisis continues to worsen, exacerbated by relentless airstrikes and natural disasters such as the recent earthquake that struck the Mandalay-Sagaing region at...

US troops in Korea may soon switch focus from Pyongyang to Beijing (Gabriela Bernal – The Interpreter)

In all the years since the 1953 armistice that saw a cessation of fighting in the Korean war, US troops have been based in...

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