China expands spy operations in Cuba;
Beijing, Washington expand law enforcement cooperation;
Belgian authorities arrest NATO intern for spying;
China wields rare-earth export controls aganist Europe;
Former Xinjiang party secretary purged for corruption
Many analysts assume that the Iran War has turned even regime-skeptical Iranians against the West. This assumption may be unwarranted.
Global opinion shifts toward China;
China denies weaponizing Panama inspections;
Fourteen countries, EU reject China's SCS claims;
China uses water cannons on Philippine vessels;
Washington tightens visa rules for foreign students
Russia slashes civilian research funding;
North Korea plans to send more troops to Russia;
Conditions in Crimea worsen;
Moscow's turn for lawfare;
Ukraine hits Russian logistics;
Russian-Ukraien drown war spills over into Finland
The Ukraine war has evolved into an innovation contest since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Faced with a larger adversary that it can’t match tank for tank or aircraft for aircraft, Kyiv has compensated with ingenuity—adapting commercial tech for military purposes, pioneering new applications for drones, and refining battlefield tactics for maximum effect. The result has been a conflict in which information is as crucial as firepower.