A base on the Red Sea, in addition to its potential defense and geopolitical value, would provide Russia with significant influence over oil and gas shipping lanes that are vital to global commerce. Nikiforov noted several high-cost challenges that Moscow will face in establishing a new naval base: long-range transportation of heavy equipment, mach

uprising, leaving an estimated 87,000 Tibetans dead. His subsequent arrival in India and establishment of the Tibetan government-in-exile in Dharamshala highlighted China’s violent occupation and triggered global recognition of Tibet’s struggle. Since the Dalai Lama’s escape, Beijing has consistently employed systematic methods to erase Tibet

through the metaphor of cloth. Writing of representations of the king in early medieval India, Daud Ali describes how “his sovereignty was conceived of as adhering to his person like a vast array of ornaments,” and we might say the same for later Mughal paintings, too. Textiles adorning the strong and fit body of the emperor symbolized the vast

Describing the clothing he saw on this campaign, he wrote derisively, “Peasants and people of low standing go about naked. They tie on a thing called lung?t?, a decency-clout which hangs two spans below the navel.” Babur was the product of a Mongol-descended Islamic dynasty in Central Asia. He grew more familiar with the Indian subcontinent’s

Opportunities for the United States and Its Allies While China’s AI-driven cognitive warfare presents a significant challenge, it also reveals opportunities for the United States and its allies. The PLA’s reliance on AI-driven intelligence creates potential vulnerabilities that can be exploited through strategic countermeasures. Disrupting PLA