A chance for peace in Syria?

Wednesday, May 16, 2018, 15:55 (GMT+7)
The Syrian civil war has lasted for more than 7 years but shown no signs for peace and stability. When the Self-Proclaimed Islamic State (IS) was defeated in Syria, it was thought that peace came to the people of this country. However, it has not come true as Syria continues to become the centre of the competition for influence between major powers. Is there a chance for peace in Syria?

The US new strategy in Afghanistan and its implications for regional security

Saturday, October 28, 2017, 10:37 (GMT+7)
On August 22nd, 2017, President Donald Trump announced the US new strategy in Afghanistan. What is the reason for the U.S. strategic changes in this country? And what are the contents and implications of this strategy for regional security?

15 years of the US war on terror

Monday, November 07, 2016, 08:09 (GMT+7)
The Sep 11, 2001 terrorist attacks killed nearly 3,000 people, shocked and panicked the U.S. by the brutality and peril of terrorism. To retaliate, the US President George W. Bush launched a global “war on terror”, and “counter-terrorism” military operations in Afghanistan (October 2001). This was the start of a new Crusade of the U.S. in the post- Cold War era

The world’s 10 most notable defence and security events in 2015

Monday, January 25, 2016, 16:03 (GMT+7)
Over the past 1 year, despite constant air raids conducted by US-led alliance, IS has still survived and continued its crime, even exporting terrorism to many other places in the world, from Africa, Europe, America to the Southeast Asia, threatening the world security

Islamic State’s influence on regional and world security

Wednesday, September 23, 2015, 08:39 (GMT+7)
Though the anti-IS military operation of the international coalition led by the US has been implemented proactively and extensively in Iraq and Syria, the aim of destroying IS in short time seems to be impossible. According to international analysts, IS still exists and continues to be a serious threat to peace and stability in the Middle East and the world as whole

Middle East strategic environment and trend in coming time

Tuesday, June 30, 2015, 09:08 (GMT+7)
The “Arab Spring”, over the past 4 years, has caused serious consequences for the countries it swept over. Conflicts and violence in the region are continuously intense and complicated, afflicting people’s life, and there is no way out. What are the causes? And as for the strategic environment of the Middle East with regional and world powers’ considerations and competitions, what is its coming trend?

The world’s most notable events in 2014

Friday, December 26, 2014, 09:29 (GMT+7)
The world of 2014 witnessed remarkable changes in politics and military. In spite of the fact that peace, cooperation, and development are the main trend, armed and ethnic conflicts, terrorism, separatism, geostrategic competition, and sea, island disputes are still complicated and seriously challenging the world’s peace and security

US Strategy to Fight IS and Its Impacts on International Security

Monday, December 15, 2014, 19:47 (GMT+7)
After more than 10 years of the War on Terror, the US and its allies have not yet wiped out terrorism, even they have made it more powerful. As a result, the White House had to release a strategy against the self-proclaimed “Islamic State” (IS). Which paved the way for the US to return to the volatile Middle East; and obviously, had significant impacts on regional and global security