China launches national campaign against deflation;
Bejing exports surveillance system to the Solomons;
U.S. business confidence in China hits new lows;
Rents are falling in China's top-tier cities;
China aims to double new energy storage capacity by 2027
A steadily worsening economy;
Blood diamonds of a different sort;
Russia and China deepen their energy partnership;
Russia drones over Germany;
Moscow green lights torture
Without immediate legal and technological reforms, the U.S. will remain vulnerable to adversarial drone incursions that exploit current jurisdictional and strategic gaps in our existing system.
China isn't aiming for the Moon-it is planning for control of space itself. By 2045, Beijing plans to dominate a $10 trillion Cislunar economy, beam power to Earth from orbit, and mine asteroids worth quintillions.
Japan writes a bigger defense check;
The Philippines plant another flag in the Luzon Strait;
Seoul bids on better relations with Beijing;
India joins Russia & Co. in armed exercise;
Australia-PNG defense pact delayed, but not derailed