ABSTRACT In early 2025, the geopolitical spotlight intensified over South Asia as the contested skies above Jammu and Kashmir became the arena for one of the most consequential demonstrations of modern air combat seen in recent years. The confrontation between India and Pakistan, while limited...

Introduction In May 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump undertook a high-profile Middle East trip, visiting Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This journey, characterized by a focus on securing multibillion-dollar business deals and economic partnerships, marked a significant moment in U.S. foreign...

ABSTRACT The story that unfolds in this research is one of precision, urgency, and consequence. At its heart lies a defining crisis of our era: the fentanyl epidemic, which has become the leading cause of death among young Americans and a complex intersection of public...

ABSTRACT In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the global powers recalibrated their influence in a rapidly shifting geopolitical landscape, the Korean Peninsula emerged as one of the most volatile fault lines in the early Cold War period. This research traces, with rigor...

ABSTRACT Australia’s rising role in the militarization of space and its transformation into a technology-forward defense actor emerges not as a product of circumstance, but as the result of deliberate, multifaceted national strategy woven across a volatile Indo-Pacific landscape. Since 2020, Canberra has recalibrated its...

ABSTRACT India’s evolution into a major space power has not been a story of sudden emergence but one of layered intent, strategic recalibration, and calibrated technological acceleration. What began as a modest civilian space endeavor, marked by the symbolic launch of a Nike-Apache rocket in...