ISBN: 978-988-72370-4–4 ON GEORGIA AND CHINA: STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVES brings together a body of policy analysis and case study research produced over the course of the author’s engagement with the Ng Teng Fong · Sino Group Belt and Road Research Institute. The collection examines Georgia’s evolving position within the shifting architecture […]
Monthly Archives: August 2026
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What is in the report? The Monitoring Team’s comprehensive six-monthly report (covering roughly mid-December 2025 to 9 June 2026) to the UN Security Council’s 1267/1989/2253 Committee on ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida and associated entities. Overall threat levels remained broadly stable in the short term but intensified in the Sahel and South […]
What is the deal? On 7 August 2026, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey signed the Mecca Joint Defence Agreement in the Saudi city of Mecca. The pact states that an armed attack on any one of the three shall be treated as an attack on all. It emerges amid the […]
Swat is a picturesque valley located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Long celebrated as one of the country’s premier tourist destinations, it possesses a natural beauty that has drawn visitors from around the world. Its verdant landscapes, snow-capped peaks, rivers, and historical sites once made it a favoured […]
On 29 July 2026, the Ng Teng Fong • Sino Group Belt and Road Research Institute (NSBRRI) welcomed a delegation from the Belt and Road Office of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, led by Mr. Nicholas Ho Lik-chi, Commissioner for Belt and Road. The Belt and Road Office […]
The conflicts in the Middle East and Afghanistan have long drawn Bangladeshi citizens. Radicalised youth continue to travel to these theatres to join various militant groups. Bangladesh has a documented history of nationals fighting in Syria and Afghanistan; these experiences are now feeding back into domestic radicalisation and militant activity. […]
On 2 August 2026, a suicide bomber detonated himself near a police station in the Swat region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The attack claimed more than a dozen lives, the majority of them police personnel. Swat had been a major hub of terrorism in 2008. Following a military operation […]
