Publications

The limits of Israeli-Saudi rapprochement; 
"Pay to slay," rebooted; 
An inflection point for AQAP

China, Russia, Iran hold joint naval drills; 
House launches probe into PRC influence operations; 
Blinken: U.S. will defend the Philippines against China; 
China and Russia to put a nuclear power plant on the moon; 
China has ramped up espionage campaigns – Lithuania

Risks of armed conflict between China and India grow: U.S. intelligence; 
China "deplores" Modi's visit to new tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh; 
China and India test missiles, ramp up troop deployments; 
China-Maldives ink military deal, India builds island base; 
U.S. says Arunachal Pradesh is part of India, China slams U.S.

Putin's ultra-repressive regime; 
A fresh foothold for the Kremlin in North America; 
India has second thoughts about Russian oil

A Taliban-Iran thaw?; 
Israel's other Palestinian problem; 
10/7 as extremist inspiration…; 
...And an opening for Islamists in Africa

Vietnam-India high tech cooperation ramps up;
New Delhi flexes its naval muscle;
India, France strengthen ties;
Pakistan’s tumultuous election

Top general: Russia poses a threat to space security...;
...As Moscow piggybacks on Beijing’s space ambitions;
How the intel community sees Russia;
The Ukraine war is also a partisan fight

Jerusalem and Jakarta were drawing closer – and still might;
Humanitarian assistance, or terror support?;
After 10/7, it's "advantage: Iran";
Rethinking counter-extremism in London

Russia finds new recruits... from Nepal; 
The Navalny exchange that wasn't; 
How Finland is mobilizing against the Russian threat; 
The Kremlin as Palestinian power broker

NATO’s new eyes in the North; 
London leaves the ECT; 
Anticipating a tipping point for the Amazon; 
Taliban resurgence worsens Southwest Asia's water crisis

Ukraine's regions shed their Soviet past; 
The growing price tag for Ukrainian reconstruction; 
Kyiv's defense chief doubles down; 
Getting the railways back on track

Leaked Russian documents reveal plans to nuke China if attacked; 
Beijing rejects new subways due to local government debt; 
China expands state secrets law to include "work secrets"; 
U.S. to replace China-made cranes at ports; 
Canadian Chinese scientists lied about PRC links

New material benefits everything from body armor to microchips; 
A dearth of data for AI development; 
The U.S. Navy is 3d printing subs…; 
...And updating its cyber doctrine; 
Is zero-fuel space travel feasible?

Sanctions-busting, Russian style; 
Renewing the case for confiscating Russian assets; 
A new nuclear warning from the Kremlin…; 
...And Russia's nuclear threshold, revealed

Russia's other offensive against Ukraine; 
Tech giants mobilize to fight AI disinfo; 
Beijing ramps up information manipulation

Iran sets its sights on Antarctica…; 
...And expands its influence in the Western Hemisphere; 
How Moscow-Tehran ties keep ticking

Meet Hamas' money man; 
Navigating the new Afghanistan; 
Al Qaeda ascendant once again…; 
...As ISIS spreads its wings

The Kremlin sidelines one political challenger…; 
...And eliminates another; 
After Navalny, a new leader of the Russian opposition?; 
Nuclear modernization: more complicated than it looks

China's population will fall to 525 million by 2100; 
Thousands of Chinese migrants cross from Mexico into the U.S.; 
Qin Gang's lover was a British spy; Meta takes down more fake accounts based in China; 
Chinese scammers steal facial recognition data, access bank accounts

Water scarcity worsens conditions in Kashmir; 
Targeting Russia's revenue generator; 
A new source for critical minerals; 
Rising sea levels threaten the Marshall Islands... and U.S. basing

The Kremlin wages war on a free internet at home…; 
...And plans a new disinformation offensive in Europe…; 
...As European states hunker down; 
In the wake of 10/7, a surge of online antisemitism; 
Rise of the political deepfake

Netherlands discovers malware, accuses China of spying; 
Beijing warns Chinese students to avoid foreign spies; 
China's fake news websites push propaganda in 30 countries; 
Chinese-born Australian commentator sentenced to death; 
After Messi misses HK match, China's football assn cuts ties with Argentina

U.S. disables PRC cyber threat; 
Xi promised Biden China wouldn’t interfere in the 2024 election; 
New PRC defense minister holds first talks with Russian counterpart; 
The number of Chinese students falls as scrutiny rises; 
China hacks Japan's diplomatic communications

Revising the status of Jammu & Kashmir; 
American authorities thwart Indian assassination plan; 
India-Maldives row escalates; 
Playing politics with religion in India

How gold is fueling Russia's fight; 
Moscow seeks to destabilize Finland; 
Russia's war, China's gain; 
Fear and loathing among ordinary Russians

A microcosm of a rocky reconstruction; 
Steady progress in Ukraine's corruption fight; 
Nuclear chief under scrutiny; 
Robbing Ukraine's warfighters

Glass beats metal; 
Modernizing the F-35's missile; 
Forging stealthier stingers; 
Japanese readies its railguns; 
China's plans to upgrade its quantum satellites

Ukrainians seek new news; 
How Russians consume information now; 
China stokes online antisemitism

Nepal bans TikTok, tightening social media regulations; 
Russo-Indian arms trade still going strong; 
India's growing naval fleet; Kabul's new canal; 
The quad's new investment model in Sri Lanka

Building a united front against Russian imperialism; 
Moscow rejects new arms control talks…; 
...And the real reason has everything to do with nuclear doctrine; 
Nukes and new Russian thinking; 
A warning from Berlin