Publications

A new Indo-European trade deal;
India courts Bhutan...;
...And eyes Africa for strategic minerals;
Pakistan’s new naval assets foreshadow a maritime arms race

Classical computing keeps pace with quantum rivals;
A more bulletproof exoskeleton;
Marine life-inspired armor boosts protection;
Plasma stealth tech could render aircraft invisible;
Electronic warfare and transparent battlefields

Floods paralyze parts of the Persian Gulf;
A mounting Sudanese hunger crisis;
Another step forward for Russia in the Arctic;
China’s floating reactors spark U.S. worries

Russia’s alternative futures;
The Pentagon's satellite security concerns break into the open;
Russia blacklists Freedom House;
Russian income for Ukrainian defense

U.S. sanctions Chinese companies for supplying Russia’s military;
China’s wealthy are movin' out;
China subsidizes fentanyl sales to the U.S.;
China stops providing real-time data on stock trades;
Forty percent of Americans see China as an enemy: pew

Governance pains in Afghanistan;
Mali makes counterterrorism progress;
Reconfiguring al-hol... and the Iraqi role;

Life after Wagner;
Moscow versus the demilitarization of space;
Caribbean conscripts;
A helping hand from Beijing

After Crocus, a Russian clampdown;
Washington, Baghdad differ on ISIS danger;
Rethinking counterterrorism in Africa;
The Iranian hand behind Hamas terror

A resilient Russian supply network;
The costs of opposing the war;
A growing Russian presence in Libya;
Sweden hardens its energy infrastructure…;
...And eyes Russian espionage in the Baltics

South Africa tilts east;
Report: America needs Africa's mineral wealth;
Why Senegal matters;
Russia dips its toe into Africa's nuclear energy market

Israel's crisis, India's workforce;
Sri Lanka scrambles for an economic lifeline;
A refuge in India... for some;
Now Delhi is courting the Taliban, too

NATO rushes to defend Ukraine's airspace;
Moscow's plan to destabilize America;
Germany rolls up Russian spy and sabotage network;
Demonizing the opposition;
A Russian maritime threat to the Baltic Sea;
Russian scientist jailed for treason

Border official acquitted…;
...While ex-defense personnel move into the crosshairs…;
....As Ukraine's agriculture minister falls from grace;
Another step toward partnership with Europe;
Strong-arming foreign investors... again

Russian disinfo shapes Slovakia's vote;
China tightens the digital reins;
The Taliban clamps down on Afghan media

Xi meets with former Taiwanese President; 
China scrambles fighter jets to shadow U.S. Navy plane; 
Manila: China recruiting members of the Philippine military for espionage; 
PRC spies target Dutch industries: Amsterdam; 
China establishes information warfare unit

A new energy source... in a different gulf; 
China's rise to clean energy sector dominance; 
A geothermal breakthrough; 
Can Washington and Beijing cooperate on climate?; 
Floods threaten the mining status quo in Russia

The Islamic Republic's war on women, rebooted; 
Tehran's hand in Sudan’s turmoil…; 
...And Iranian designs on the Red Sea; 
Iran's version of the war on drugs; 
A warning about Iran... from Fatah

After three years U.S., China military talks resume in Hawaii; 
Security lapses led to deadly suicide attack on Chinese engineers in Pakistan; 
China's banks reject payments from Russian electronics importers; 
China is "flooding the UK with fake Royal Mail stamps": Royal Mail; 
U.S. and China hold talks to deport more Chinese nationals

Cracks in the Moscow-Beijing alliance?;
Quiet talks about a prisoner swap;
Putin calls for space nuclear development
 

Fear and loathing in Moscow; 
The Kremlin enforces conformity; 
A strange nuclear emergency in Khabarovsk; 
The high cost of Putin's adventurism; 
The (surprising) view from Beijing

Israel versus Al-Jazeera; 
Advanced tech powers Chinese disinfo

China's coast guard increases its presence around Kinmen; 
Taiwan respectfully declines China's earthquake aid; 
China quietly pushes into Russia's far east; 
Russia uses more Chinese yuan; 
Kenya considers curbing TikTok

Russia and Iran: a burgeoning military alliance; 
Tajik nationals linked to ISIS terror in Moscow; 
Mounting nuclear threats against NATO; 
A deeper Russian footprint in Syria

Increasingly, ISIS banks on cryptocurrency; 
Target: Europe; 
Do the Palestinians still prefer Hamas?; 
Rehabilitating the Taliban, one country at a time

China and Russia seek unhackable comms; 
China's Taiwan plans include an anti-tank assault; 
Moving toward super semiconductors; 
China simulates hypersonic strike; 
Powering future soldiers better

The promise of European aid prompts new reform proposals; 
Cutting the Ukrainian bureaucracy down to size; 
The wages of Ukraine's judicial reform; 
Procurement schemes and high politics…; 
...And product manipulation to boot

U.S. Army special forces train Taiwanese troops; 
Marines go virtual to address lack of Indo-Pacific training grounds; 
With an eye on China, Japan announces maritime domain awareness aid; 
Hanoi poised for explosive growth; 
Cambodia's airport dreams stall

The Islamic Republic and information warfare; 
Hamas takes a victory lap in Tehran…; 
...As the Iranian regime ponders pressing its advantage; 
A tug of war in the south Caucasus

Talkative combatants, powered by AI; 
Training via enhanced laser tag; 
The promise of quantum batteries; 
New, more versatile vaccines; 
Drones of infinite duration

Xi: China's officials unprepared for "great struggle"; 
Seven Chinese hackers indicted for targeting U.S. officials, companies; 
China's cyberattacks on UK, NZ parliamentarians; 
Five Chinese and 1 Pakistani killed in suicide bombing; 
Foreign consulting firms a "cover" to steal state secrets, ministry says

Russia increases its African footprint; 
The U.S. sanctions Zimbabwe... again; 
A new African "great game"; 
Iran's Sudan play goes sideways