Unrest on the China-Myanmar border;
Meta removes China's online influence networks;
Ukraine destroys key railway linking China and Russia;
U.S. lawmakers fear a "flood" of Chinese EVs from Mexico;
China eases its pressure campaign on Lithuania
Investing in new nuclear fuel;
Now is the time for quantum clocks;
Circumventing semiconductor sanctions;
Is augmented reality back on track?;
Drifting toward real-world tractor beams
Wars have a way of clarifying a great many things, and of reshuffling existing partnerships in profound ways. This is what's happening with Israel's views of China and Russia, which are now undergoing a redefinition because of its current conflict with terrorist organization Hamas.
With Israel and Hamas still vowing to destroy one another, and with full combat resuming after a tenuous truce, Washington says it doesn’t want to do anything to provoke Iran into a wider regional conflict.
The geopolitical environment surrounding Central Asia and the Caucasus has changed dramatically over the past decade, with important implications for American and European interests. Regional and great powers have accorded the region ever greater attention, and the regional states themselves have developed a greater agency in responding to the geopolitical challenges confronting them. European, and in particular American, perceptions of the region have not kept up with these changes and are in need of updating.