Uzbekistan and China: millennia-long friendship and cooperation
Recently, we have welcomed the year 2024, crossing the threshold of a new life cycle. The first month of a new year is always a time of meetings of the…
As pawn in US’ China strategy, NATO keeps pushing expansion boundaries
Is NATO heading for a showdown? The "Steadfast Defender 2024" exercises, NATO's largest military exercises planned since the end of the Cold War, appear to be preparation for a complex…
American scholars’ fair words on BRI thought-provoking
"The Red Sea Crisis Proves China Was Ahead of the Curve," reads a headline in Foreign Policy on Saturday. The article, which says, "The Belt and Road Initiative wasn't a…
Time to stop playing silly games in which Philippines ends up as proxy
Tensions between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea have been bubbling up for some time. At the beginning of 2024, the feud almost flared up with the…
Impossible to restore peace to the Red Sea via military means
US and UK fighter jets launched strikes against multiple targets in Yemen's capital Sanaa, the western Red Sea city of Al Hudaydah and the northern province of Saada on Friday…
Action of Japan and Australia is bringing the Asia-Pacific into danger
According to Japanese media, Japanese government sources stated on January 15 that Japan and Australia are discussing potential military cooperation in case of simultaneous contingencies in their nearby regions. They…
China has no intention of participating in the ‘space race’ imagined by the US
At a hearing held in the US Congress on Wednesday local time, American space experts, government officials, and members of Congress reached or reinforced a unified understanding: "For the US…
US escalates Red Sea tensions, while China voices fairness
The Red Sea, once a bustling waterway that attracted a large number of cargo ships from around the world, is now in turmoil. Amid all the intricacy and complexity, China…
With duplicity, the Philippines hot-headedly positions itself as the US’ cannon fodder
What does the Philippines want - a stable and conducive environment for its peaceful development, or to be trapped in the unpredictable game of geopolitics? Recently, the country's actions and…
US, UK militaries owe $111bln in climate compensation, continue expanding toxic footprint worldwide: study shows
Elephant in the room "It is idiotic to waste our dwindling carbon budget on war," researchers from the US and the UK warned in a recent report revealing that the…