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• Taliban defense minister warns neighbors against ‘ill intentions’ toward Afghanistan
  August 20, 2025
  Taliban Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid on Tuesday urged regional and global powers not to pursue “ill intentions” toward Afghanistan, saying the Taliban “government” seeks good relations based on
• Taliban to host trilateral talks with China and Pakistan in Kabul
  August 20, 2025
  Taliban are set to host a trilateral meeting with China and Pakistan in Kabul on Wednesday, August 20, sources familiar with the matter said. The sources told Amu that Pakistan’s foreign minister has accepted the
• Terrorism in Afghanistan: Rising Jihadist Threats and Human Atrocities
  August 18, 2025
  As a citizen of Afghanistan, I gaze upon my homeland with a heavy heart, burdened by the shadows of terrorism that continue to eclipse our hopes for peace and prosperity. The resurgence of extremist groups under the
• The Shocking Rift Between India and the United States: Can Progress in the Partnership Survive Trump?
  August 16, 2025
  In the past 25 years, India and the United States have become closer than ever before, building strong economic and strategic ties. Their partnership has rested on shared values and shared interests: they are the two
• China Is Winning the Cyberwar: America Needs a New Strategy of Deterrence
  August 15, 2025
  American companies are world leaders in technology—be it innovative software, cloud services, artificial intelligence, or cybersecurity products. Yet beginning as many as three years ago, hackers believed to be backed
• Trump’s Policies Will Make China Great Again
  August 11, 2025
  Two certainties have emerged after seven months of Donald Trump’s control of America’s national security policy. First of all, there is no comprehensive national security policy and no likely candidate in the
• Afghanistan’s $10 Billion Energy Initiative and the Taliban
  August 10, 2025
  Executive Summary This report examines the Taliban-led Afghan government’s decision to launch a $10 billion energy infrastructure project with Azizi Energy. The initiative seeks to build 10,000 megawatts of
• After Xi: The Succession Question Obscuring China’s Future—and Unsettling Its Present
  August 6, 2025
  For more than a decade, Chinese politics has been defined by one man: Xi Jinping. Since Xi assumed leadership of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012, he has made himself into a strongman ruler. He has remade the CCP
• A Trojan Horse Approach? Chinese Infrastructure Investment in Europe
  August 4, 2025
  Bottom Line Up Front Chinese infrastructure investments throughout Europe have the potential to pose a strategic risk to the West, not just the countries where the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is spreading its
• At least 68 refugees and migrants die in boat sinking off Yemeni coast
  August 4, 2025
  Rescue operations are ongoing to find dozens more missing, local authorities say. At least 68 refugees and migrants have died and 74 others remain missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Yemen, according to the