Julie Lenarz talks to Tracey Holms about the ISF's offensive in Fallujah and Kurdish-led operations in Mosul and Raqqa.

Confirming Mullah Mansour’s death, the Taliban have announced Mawlawi Hebatullah Akhundzada as their new leader. A statement on their website reiterates the terrorist group’s insistence on violence.

HSC Associate Fellow Rohullah Yakobi appeared on Al Jazeera International to discuss the systematic discrimination of the Hazara minority in Afghanistan.

Rather than pursuing a more aggressive and bold approach, the Xi Administration seems to have opted for a conservative strategy.

Moscow’s blatant disregard for its INF commitments combined with its handling of CFE and OST calls into question its willingness and long term belief in the utility of the current Euro-Atlantic stability framework.

The Pentagon must be granted sufficient funding to simultaneously fight today’s wars, prepare for contingences, fund modernisation and invest for the long term. But dysfunctional Washington politics stand in the way.

Considering the increasingly pervasive climate of fear in North Korea, the potential for instability has, perhaps, never been greater.

Two female figures lead the democratic movements currently revolutionizing Myanmar and Taiwan.

Dr Dwayne Ryan Menezes reflects on how each of the five Commonwealth Secretaries-General has engaged with human rights.

India and Japan have much to gain from cooperation considering that both seek to emerge as leaders in the Asia-Pacific region.