In just ten days, on 8 December 2024, a surprise military offensive by the armed factions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), led by Ahmed Al-Sharaa, brought a swift and unexpected end to the bloody chapter of the Syrian civil war, which had raged from 2011 to 2024. This marked the conclusion of the Al-Assad family’s dictatorship in Syria, which had l

Myanmar is the only ASEAN country sharing land and maritime borders with India, a crucial link between India’s northeastern states and Southeast Asia. The 1,643 km shared border with Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, and Mizoram integrates isolated India’s northeastern region with ASEAN markets. Myanmar’s Sagaing Region and Chin State are

Reconstruction costs from the war against ISIS will cost an estimated $88 billion, in addition to ongoing infrastructure development such as the Development Road project that will connect West Asia to Europe via Turkey. Iraq may also face tension with incoming Trump administration, which is avowedly pro-Israel and may view Iraq as part of Iran’s

and ease immigration restrictions to attract more international AI talent to the U.S. These lobbying moves are undoubtedly targeted primarily at China, aiming to both technologically block China’s progress and to intensify the brain drain from China, thus hitting China’s AI technology development from both fronts. ANBOUND has previously pointed

However, based on a comprehensive analysis of various factors, researchers at ANBOUND believe that the “tech Cold War” between the two will persist and intensify, with no substantial shift in sight, particularly in the AI field. The significance of AI technology makes it inevitable that the U.S. will take every measure to suppress China’s adv