Use of force, military operations, and armed conflict
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read The first UN report by the Trump-led "Peace Council" marks a turning point where the legitimacy void surrounding Gaza's governance fundamentally shakes the framework of international institutions, suggesting a reorganization of not only the Middle East but the entire international order. ── Understand
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read Estimates that North Korea is earning over 2 trillion yen from troop deployment and weapon exports to Russia mean that the UN sanctions regime is effectively collapsing. The war in Ukraine is becoming the largest source of funding for North Korea's nuclear and missile
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read Estimates that North Korea is earning over 2 trillion yen from troop deployment and arms exports to Russia are shaking the foundation of the UN sanctions regime. With "frontal breakthroughs" rather than "loopholes" becoming the norm, the security order of East Asia
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read The U.S. stance of explicitly rejecting allied support to carry out military operations against Iran overturns the premise of the collective security system that has lasted for 80 years since the war, marking a historic turning point that forces all allies, including Japan, to redefine
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read Russian officials are using the issue of deployment to the Strait of Hormuz to broadcast disunity within the Euro-Atlantic alliance to the international community. This is a structural information war designed to undermine Western negotiating power ahead of Ukraine ceasefire talks, and it concerns the very
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read Former Trump administration Special Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, stated to NHK that "a ceasefire depends on Putin," suggesting a structural shift where the US is increasingly ceding negotiation leadership to Russia, which could be a watershed moment for the reorganization of the international
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read The former U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine under the Trump administration explicitly stating that "a ceasefire depends on Putin" indicates that the U.S. mediation strategy has reached its limit, and the war's outcome has shifted to the internal dynamics of
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read As the United States continues its military conflict with Iran, calls for the formulation of a withdrawal plan have emerged from within the administration. This is a recurrence of the structural pattern where a superpower's military intervention falls into an "unending quagmire,"
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read Amid U.S. pressure on allies to dispatch naval vessels for the security of the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of the world's crude oil passes, an attack on a UAE oil facility has materialized. The vulnerability of energy supply and the
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read As U.S. military pressure on Iran intensifies, Japan is forced into an extremely difficult tightrope walk between energy security and the U.S.-Japan alliance. The stability of the Strait of Hormuz is a lifeline through which approximately 90% of Japan's crude oil
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read The de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which approximately 20% of the world's oil transport passes, will directly hit the entire global economy through a surge in energy prices. President Trump's demand for China and NATO to dispatch escort
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⚡ FAST READ1 min read The unusual warning issued by the IMF chief in Japan stems from the risk that a prolonged Middle East situation could reignite inflation through energy prices, fundamentally overturning central banks' interest rate cut scenarios. This is not merely a geopolitical risk, but a phase where