The French nuclear-powered aircraft carrier has been deployed for a five-month Indo-Pacific mission since last November.

Trump’s capricious foreign policy and ambiguous commitment to alliances mean we need to become more self-sufficient in how we safeguard our security

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday hailed Moscow's "positive efforts to defuse" the Ukraine crisis in a call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

Given this backdrop, the U.S. needs to return to its old grand strategy, which helped the West win the Cold War by driving a wedge between Moscow and Beijing. Ending the Ukraine war would also enable the U.S. to reallocate military resources from Europe to the Indo-Pacific, where its global primacy is truly at stake.

China could fill a leadership vacuum left by the United States and Britain after they refused to sign a global joint declaration on "inclusive and sustainable" artificial intelligence (AI) at a recent Paris summit,

Nuclear weapons are considered the most dangerous weapons on the face of the earth. Scientists believe that an explosion of 100 nuclear bombs could destroy the entire world. Meanwhile, Chinese scientists have developed a health shield that could protect even those affected by a nuclear attack.

Spending at the 3.5% level, which NATO’s leadership supports, would allow Europe to implement Supreme Allied Commander Europe’s new defense plan for Europe. Accomplishing that by the end of the decade would also address Russia’s expected military reconstitution after the Ukraine war ends.

We live in an era of multipolarity, where American hegemony is contested, and the assumptions that underpinned NATO’s longevity are eroding.

Clarity is beginning to form around Donald Trump’s plans for ending Russia’s war in Ukraine, with his administration appearing to accept some of the Kremlin’s key demands that Ukraine should not join NATO nor return to its pre-2014 sovereign borders.