Hamas - Israel conflict's multi-dimensional impacts on regional and international security

Friday, February 23, 2024, 09:45 (GMT+7)
According to analysts, the Hamas - Israel conflict not only causes instability in the region, but what is worrying is also that the conflict is deepening the division and hatred between Arabs, Muslims, and Jewish. This is also the core reason why the Middle East will still be the world’s “flash point”, and the peace process has not found a way out.

Top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023

Friday, January 12, 2024, 08:37 (GMT+7)
The world continued to witness complex developments in 2023. While the Russia – Ukraine conflict intensified, new flashpoints arose from military coups, conflicts, local wars, and increasingly fierce strategic competition among major powers, making global security outlook further bleak. To illustrate that picture, the National Defence Journal has selected the top 10 defence, military events of the world in 2023.

Complicated calculations in the US - Iran stand-off

Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 19:13 (GMT+7)
Stemming from historical issues, particularly the US’ recent revocation from the Iran Nuclear Pact and new sanctions, the US and Iran entered a new confrontation. Their own calculations have pushed their relations to the climax of tension with the possibility of a military conflict.

The issue of chemical weapons in Syria and international opinion

Monday, June 18, 2018, 09:46 (GMT+7)
The war in Syria has lasted for more than seven years with various subjective and objective causes and reasons from both outside and inside. Among them, chemical weapons are considered as one of the important and sensitive aspects. This problem has been becoming a target as well as an excuse for parties’ involvement and major powers’ intervention in Syria. This is a very complicated matter; therefore, it is not easy to properly and fully understand the nature of it

Geopolitical impacts caused by the recent wars in Iraq

Thursday, October 16, 2014, 10:55 (GMT+7)
The world, in past June, saw one more war in Iraq which started with massive offensive operations by the jihad organisation called “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” (ISIL) that rocked the Iraqi government. This is the third war taking place in Iraq within more than two decades, all of them cause considerable geopolitical impacts