PRC hackers use AI to spy on Russia, Pakistan, and more;
China expands nuclear infrastructure at seven sites;
Small drones a major threat to China’s 11,000 mega bridges;
Canada’s EV tariff cut linked to united front influence;
Saudi Arabia quits China’s mBridge digital currency platform
In Russia, we know elections are stage-managed affairs, with outcomes predetermined well in advance and then triumphantly presented as evidence of pluralism and representative government.
The election results are in...
...But did Putin's party really win?
Russians abroad say no...
...While Ukraine hits Moscow
Still fewer internet freedoms;
From Moscow, with love;
Inside Iran, unrest grows...;
...leading the Basij to tighten its grip;
China's Iran war diplomacy
Last month, Japan released its latest annual defense white paper. The document has a great deal to say about the threats now confronting the island nation, ranging from an increasingly assertive China to a nuclear North Korea. But one of its most important themes concerns something else entirely: the changing nature of warfare itself.