Ten major global military and defence events in 2025
Thursday, January 08, 2026, 20:54 (GMT+7)
In 2025, the world continued to witness intense strategic competition among major powers, an increasing tendency to address issues through escalation and the use of force, along with prolonged and expanding military conflicts in many regions. Nevertheless, peace, cooperation, and development remain the major trends and shared goals. To provide a comprehensive overview, the National Defence Journal compiles and presents ten major military and defence events worldwide in 2025
Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025
Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 14:15 (GMT+7)
The most prominent features of the global political and military landscape in 2025 are the irreversible trend towards multipolarity of the world order and intense competition among major powers. Besides, worrying developments from the conflicts of Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Iran, India-Pakistan, etc., and the risk of US military intervention in Venezuela are posing significant challenges to global security and stability.
The U.S. “Peaceful Evolution” Strategy and Venezuela’s crisis
Wednesday, June 05, 2019, 11:06 (GMT+7)
After its “Peaceful Evolution” Strategy’s success in toppling the socialist regime in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, America has continued to use this strategy to remove the political regime in the countries going against Washington’s leadership role. Among those countries, Venezuela has been at the forefront of US sabotage plan
Complex political changes in Venezuela
Monday, December 11, 2017, 07:56 (GMT+7)
In early August 2017, while the situation in Venezuela was getting extremely tense, the US President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. could employ military power to solve the crisis in this South American country. That move like “adding fuel to the flames” has made the dispute between Caracas Government and the opposition increasingly intense
Vietnam’s exercise of its sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly archipelagos in the 1954 – 1975 period.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015, 08:39 (GMT+7)
Taking over the sovereignty from the Republic of South Vietnam over Hoang Sa and Truong Sa archipelagos, Vietnam is the only country that exercises its continuous, peaceful ownership and management over the two archipelagos in accordance with international laws