China cancels EU meetings as trade tensions mount;
Plans for a $295 billion nationwide AI buildout;
PRC influence campaign targets U.S. AI data centers – OpenAI;
FBI seizes websites used by Chinese agents to recruit U.S. officials;
U.S. scholar arrested in Kunming for spying
More military growth;
A helping hand for the Taliban...;
...Augurs growing influence for Moscow;
Crimea in the crosshairs...;
...As Russia rethinks basing
The war in Iran has taken an unexpected turn.
Space is now a key stage in the competition among great powers. No longer peripheral, it is becoming integral to how states pursue dominance and shape the international system. Grand strategy is the long-term (multi-generational) effort by states to secure advantage and shape the international system. When great powers compete, they do so through rival grand strategies, extending their pursuit of security and influence across domains.
Since the onset of hostilities, Russia has used the war to target sites that anchor Ukrainian national and spiritual identity.