Xi Jinping’s strongman politics is China’s ‘new normal’
After Xi Jinping took power in China in 2012, he promptly began a series of purges and ideological crackdowns that have set the tone for his rule.
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Defense Technology Monitor No. 99
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
Iran’s Unexpected Regional Revival
On April 13th, the "shadow war" that has raged between Israel and Iran for decades finally broke into the open. That day, Iran's clerical regime fired over 300 drones and missiles at Israeli territory in retaliation for Israel's targeting of a top Iranian military commander in Syria days earlier. The massive Iranian attack, and Israel's limited response days later, has ushered in an ominous new "balance of terror" in the Middle East.
Resource Security Watch No. 55
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
Georgia As Geopolitical Hostage
What might Moscow’s endgame be? The ultimate goal seems to be to recreate a Russia-dominated “Union” state that at least some, if not all, of the former Soviet republics will be forced to join.