However, Washington must also tread carefully; overplaying its hand risks alienating Pretoria and driving it further into the orbit of rivals like Moscow and Beijing. For South Africa, the market and reputational risks of AGOA exclusion are substantial. The country must use its status as a gateway to Africa, its critical mineral resources, and its

Additionally, its anti-interference capabilities make the BrahMos a reliable long-range, fire-and-forget missile. Chinese experts have described it as a potential “troublemaker for international security” due to its capabilities and reach. Notably, in 2021, the BrahMos missile’s deployment near India’s Line of Actual Control (LAC), followin

Allied exercises in northern Luzon and Batanes, expanded American military footprint, and Typhon’s indeterminate placing in that space can be seen from the prism of the Taiwan crisis. Three of the four new agreed locations for US military presence are in northern Luzon. For the first time in the history of the Philippines-US Enhanced Defense Coop

that have happened in Germany, particularly the 2016 Berlin Christmas Market attacks; this highlights the frequency of this threat and the necessity of early prevention. The consequences of the attack are not limited to the material damage and the people who were killed or wounded, it also has an impact on the trust of the people, the number of att

and a duty-free regime with member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), including Russia and Kazakhstan. As part of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the park is China’s largest overseas economic and trade cooperation zone in terms of planned area and level of collaboration. It serves a pivotal role within the Silk Road Economic Bel