In late February 2026, the United States and Israel launched a large-scale preemptive strike—codenamed Operation Grand Fury—against Iran, citing its nuclear threat, and targeted the Iranian leadership. In response, Iran retaliated by attacking Israel and U.S. military bases in the Middle East. I...

The idea of an “Asian NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)” is not new. For decades, there have been intermittent discussions exploring the feasibility of transforming the U.S.-led “hub-and-spokes” bilateral alliance system into a NATO-like multilateral collective defense organization. Befor...

North Korea elected 687 deputies to the 15th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA) on March 15, 2026, the first such election in seven years, for a five-year term, and convened its first session on March 22–23. At the first meeting of the 15th SPA, North Korea discussed agenda items including: the ele...