China launches $3.5 billion megaport in Peru;
China is making armed drones for Russia to use in Ukraine;
The Ministry of State Security's growing power and purview;
PRC hacks telecom data of senior U.S. officials, campaign staff...;
...As Chinese hackers target Tibetan websites
Western observers are neglecting important developments: Judging by what is being said on Russia’s home front, Putin has already lost the war and the only question is what face-saving measures can be extracted through a settlement.
The Biden administration has loosened some restrictions on how Ukraine can use U.S.-supplied missiles in its ongoing war with Russia. But this move is too little, too late.
UK sanctions Russian mercenaries in Africa;
Mozambique election sparks protests, crackdown;
Russia expands military footprint in Equatorial Guinea;
Alliance of change wins big in Mauritius;
UN again calls for a ceasefire in Sudan;
Opposition leader clinches victory in Somaliland's presidential election
President-elect Trump will likely transform U.S.-Israeli relations — and U.S. relations across the Middle East — by providing more military and diplomatic support for Israel, working to weaken Israel’s adversaries and pursuing more Arab-Israeli peacemaking.