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.

Risk of widened Eurasian arc of instability

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 07:55 (GMT+7)
Over the past few years, major powers have escalated competition for expanding influence in part of the Eurasia. Nevertheless, due to the rise of globalisation, strategic competition within a broad space spreading from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean becomes increasingly fierce, which leads to the formation of an arc of instability. In fact, this arc covers a wide geographical area and is divided into subregions, including the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, Central Asia, East Europe, West Europe, Caucasus, and Arctic.

Tensions in South Asia

Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 22:26 (GMT+7)
On February 14th 2019, the attack staged by the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorist group on Kashmir under India’s control provoked a series of military retaliations against each other between the two nuclear-weapon countries. It is believed that if not being opportunely relieved, tensions between the two sides will possibly lead to flashpoints across South Asia