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.
Baseless assumptions commonly held by anti-socialists
Sunday, July 21, 2024, 07:38 (GMT+7)
In 2023, the US House of Representatives passed a so-called resolution “Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism” (H.Con.Res 9), which expresses a hostile, vehement opposition, and “denounces socialism in all its forms”. It must be affirmed that this is a prejudiced, unscientific perspective, reflecting baseless assumptions commonly held by anti-socialists
The world through the new Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, 07:34 (GMT+7)
According to international analysists, the new Concept of Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation aims not only to build a powerful, friendly, responsible country of the international community, but also to strive for a new multipolar, multicentre world order based on the UN Charter – a world where nations regardless of their size, strength, and level of development are mutually respected.
Political and military shifts in the world 2022
Monday, December 19, 2022, 09:43 (GMT+7)
In 2022, the world witnessed many major military and political shifts. In which, the most significant development was the Russia – Ukraine conflict. According to Western political analysts and politicians, this war has become a powerful drive pushing the world towards a multipolar order, and according to Russian President Putin, the next decade will be the decade that marks the formation of the multipolar world order. This can be a painful and unstable process that potentially leads to further conflicts, but it is inevitable for a world of peace, stability and cooperation.
US-China strategic competition in Latin America
Wednesday, December 15, 2021, 08:17 (GMT+7)
In the past two decades, there have been significant changes in major powers’ relations in Latin America. While US gave priority to the global war on terrorism and is being trapped in the Middle East and North Africa, China has gradually expanded its influence in Latin America, challenging US’s dominant position right in its hemisphere
A look back on the world’s political - military situation in the first two decades of the 21st century
Monday, May 31, 2021, 09:11 (GMT+7)
Despite any development in the world’s political-military situation, Viet Nam will remain steadfastness in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, cooperation, and development as well as the diplomatic guidelines on diversifying and multilateralising its external relations in order to protect national interests based on the basic principles of the UN Charter and international law, especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
A snapshot of the world politics in 2020
Thursday, December 24, 2020, 09:47 (GMT+7)
The COVID-19 pandemic also reveals major weaknesses of the capitalist economic system in the West, especially in the United States. It is thought after the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialist system, capitalism would be the “Golden Rule” for the rest of the world. However, this assertion has been questioned about its possibility right in the West
“Latin America Spring” - its causes and implications
Saturday, August 01, 2020, 11:54 (GMT+7)
Political and social instabilities are overshadowing Brazil, Argentina, Honduras, El Salvador, Ecuador, Colombia and many other countries, presenting those states with a large number of difficulties and thorny issues. Many politicians across the globe believe that the Western Hemisphere is undergoing the worst political “earthquake” of ever and they call it “Latin America Spring”
Some predictions of the world military and political situations in 2020
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 08:14 (GMT+7)
Continuing the transitional period from a unipolar to multipolar world, in 2020 the world military and political situations are anticipated to be characterized by strategic rivalry among Major Powers in the global hot spots.