Publications

PRC hackers infiltrate a half-dozen U.S. state networks;
China expands censorship to thwart "foreign forces";
China video game freeze threatens the industry;
Tencent joins Alibaba in declaring support for tech crackdown;
Marriages hit 36-year low

Russia's grim economic outlook;
Closing a ruble loophole;
Putin looks for internal scapegoats;
Why Russians back Putin's war

More multinationals eye the exits…;
...as Russia's tech isolation deepens;
In Ukraine, echoes of the Syrian War;
Putin's Syrian legion
 

Assessing the Iranian threat…;
...and Tehran's strategic ambitions…;
...as the White House mulls bringing the IRGC in from the cold;
the Islamic Republic versus the internet, continued;
Iranian-Saudi talks fizzle

Western news outlets close up shop…;
..as the Kremlin targets Russian media;
The birth of RuNet?;
An attempted Russian exodus

China asked Russia to delay Ukraine war until after Olympics;
China evacuates thousands from Ukraine;
Russian firms rush to open RMB accounts at Chinese banks;
Anti-Russian war voices grow louder in China;
China expands localities for digital currency trials

​Washington uses Huawei playbook to hit Russia;
India, UAE on verge of doubling trade;
On debts to China, Sri Lanka looks to India for help;
Nepal approves U.S. development assistance, despite China's warnings;
Jakarta looks beyond Russian arms to balance Beijing

Russia's reshuffled disinformation deck...;
...and hard times for Moscow's main messaging outlet;
The rise of Ukrainian persuasion;
China's disinformation campaign in Lithuania;
Iranian disinfo target Israeli unity

Rumblings of a wider war;
A corporate exodus;...;
...and a tightening domestic climate

U.S. Justice Department ends its China initiative
Anti-graft agency criticizes China's top 25 banks;
China's banks restrict Russian USD credit for commodity deals;
Mongolia "cleans up" anti-China activists;
China invests nearly $4 billion in three new coal mines

* * * SPECIAL ISSUE: Putin's War In Ukraine * * *
Russia's real objective: halting NATO expansion;
A perverse defense of Ukraine;
Ukraine's military as a threat;
The economic dimensions of the conflict

Taiwan boosts sanctions against China's economic espionage;
China enticing Taiwanese talent and firms to migrate;
Anger among neighbors mounts at Chinese dams;
China's censors remove gay story-lines from 'Friends';
Australia accuses China of "act of intimidation" after aircraft incident

From bad to worse in Chechnya;
Putin's superyacht heads home;
Russian elites in the crosshairs, White House warns;
CSTO sees NATO as a threat;
Poll: Europeans back Ukraine against Russia

Tens of thousands of Hongkongers relocating to Taiwan;
Putin offers Xi a new gas deal;
China encroaches along Nepal border;
Japan parliament resolution criticizes China;
Korea urged to explore ways to reduce China reliance

China's threat is "more brazen" than ever – FBI director;
Tech "decoupling" hurts China more than the U.S.;
House passes sweeping China competition bill;
U.S., UK, Australia, and Taiwan join EU-China WTO Challenge;
Pentagon approves $100 million in taiwan missile upgrades

Ethiopian peace remains elusive;
Turkey's growing African footprint;
Islamism plagues the Sahel;
U.S. pauses Sudan aid after recent violence

Russia's intelligentsia opposes war;
The consequences of a Russian invasion;
A court victory for descendants of political prisoners

Russia looks for conscripts... in Ukraine;
The pandemic and Russia's population problem;
Another Navalny ally in the crosshairs;
A pretext for action;
Dissent in the (military) ranks

Revenge for Soleimani still dominates Iranian strategic thinking;
An Afghan influx…;
...And hydrological tensions with Iraq;
"People's tribunal" charges the Islamic Republic
 

How Russian authorities are tracking activists;
Russia's new "crowd control" robot;
The Kremlin versus cryptocurrency;
Fears of a Kremlin coup plot for Kyiv;
The growing risk of a limited war

Hong Kong to broaden its definition of spying;
American films get ending makeovers in China;
Scientist defects with details of China’s new hypersonics;
EU launches WTO case against China over Lithuania embargo;
Former top inspector gets suspended death sentence for corruption

Climate change and U.S. intelligence;
A new worry with regard to China: Batteries;
Study: Military emissions underreported;
India, Russia eye Arctic energy

​China hires American influencers to polish image during Olympics;
JIA: Blindly pursuing absolute security will make us less secure;
PRC targets Taiwan with massive disinformation campaign;
HK chief exec. appoints national security judges, ends trial by jury;
Credits on Chinese TV will label foreign actors

How resilient is the Russian economy?;
Lionizing GAZPROM;
A fresh look at "Putin's palace”;
Recognition for Ukraine's enclaves, perhaps

3D printing: a key space-enabling technology;
Chinese AI is designing weapons;
Space solar power sees sunlight;
China speeds hypersonic weapon production…;
...while also improving effectiveness

PRC population growth rate continues to plummet;
Xi Jinping calls for more regulation on digital economy;
China launches yet another center on Xi Jinping thought;
By 2025, China will expand high-speed railway by more than 30%;
Taliban requests China's official recognition