Publications

More Grim Demographic Data;
Ex-UK Intel Chief: Russia Will Test Europe's Resolve;
Naypyidaw Makes A Play;
Chinese-Style Surveillance Comes to Russia's Second City

Falling Prices Stoke Deflation Fears;
Premier Li Qiang Calls for More Stimulus;
Amid U.S. "Chaos," China Offers "Certainty"– FM Wang Yi;
U.S. Soldiers Arrested for Selling Secrets to China;
China's New Spy Satellite Can See Details from Low Orbit

PRC Universities Open Their Doors as U.S. Cuts PhD Programs;
U.S. Resumes $870 Million In Security Assistance to Taiwan;
China Conducts Second Live-Fire Drill Near New Zealand...;
...And Live-Fire Exercises Near Vietnam;
Thailand Deports At Least 40 Uyghurs

U.S. Freezes Aid To South Africa…;
…And Withdraws from South Africa Climate Pact;
RSF Attacks Sudan Refugee Camp, WFP Halts Aid;
Regional Blocs Weigh Troop Deployment in Eastern Congo;
Somalia Punches Back Against ISIS;
AFRICOM Faces A Bleak Future;
EU Strengthens Ghana’s Defense Against Sahel Threats

How Grozny is gaining leverage over Kyiv;
A New Lease on Life for Nord Stream... Maybe;
Who are Russia's Islamic Radicals, really?;
Europe takes aim at Frozen Russian Assets;
The Haves and Have-Nots of Putin's War

Iran Makes Strides in Tajikistan...;
...As Tehran and Moscow Inch Ever Closer;
The Growing Tehran-Caracas Connection;
An Iranian Execution Spree

Cracks In The Taliban Consensus...;
...And More Movement Toward International Rehabilitation;
The Birth of Syria's Morality Police;
Turkey, Europe, and Syrian Jihadism

Vietnam's Booming China Trade;
More Pressure on Manila;
Now, A Helping Hand From Moscow;
Beijing Strengthens Its Grip on The Pacific Islands

The Ukraine War's Criminal Alumni;
Now, Rehabilitating HTS;
Dugin's New Focus: Refashioning Academia

A Personnel Scandal Roils Military Procurement...;
...And Gets Others Involved;
Court Reforms Kick Into High Gear;
Ukrainians Fear Graft More Than War

Targeting Russia's Shadow Fleet;
Estonia Issues a Call to Arms...;
...And A Maritime Warning;
The Plight of Putin's Central Asian Soldiers

PRC Influence Center Stage at Yoon Impeachment Hearings;
Cook Islands Inks Deal In Beijing, Upsets New Zealand;
U.S. Amends Wording on Taiwan Independence;
China Repatriates 1000 Scam Victims from Myanmar;
China Backs U.S.-Russia Ukraine Peace Initative

Russia Begins Final Withdrawal From its Syrian Naval Base…;
… In Favor Of New Accommodations In Sudan;
Senegal Moves Closer to a French Departure;
Djibouti’s Foreign Minister to Lead African Union;
Satellite Imagery Reveals Rwandan Casualties;
African Leaders Meet Over DRC Crisis;
Iran and Sudan Strike a Deal

In 2024, $168 Billion Exited China;
PRC Cranes Raise Homeland Security Concern at U.S. Ports;
China Merges Hundreds of Banks to Alleviate Bad Loans;
China Smuggles Parts for Russian Drones – Estonia;
Beijing To Underwrite Vietnam's $8.3 Billion Railway

Sensing an opening, India deepens its ties to the Taliban;
Pakistan, Bangladesh revive direct shipping route;
Sri Lanka throws in with Chinese energy giant;
Afghan refugees in a bind

DOD considers climate change a growing security threat in Africa;
Tehran faces shutdowns amid worsening air quality;
A new cold war over rare earth elements;
Famine in Sudan expands as government resists foreign aid;
China's water policies endanger central Asian stability

The Kremlin's War On Everyone;
An Unexpected Solution To Europe's Gas Crisis Emerges...;
...While The Baltics Look West For Energy;
Moscow's Challenges – And Its Plan To Overcome Them;
Denmark Warns, Nato Weakness Is Provocative

How Russia Is Boosting Germany's AfD;
India Seeks To Regulate Social Media...;
...While Islamabad Adopts A Scorched-Earth Strategy;
Poland Needs To Up Its Counter-Disinformation Game;
A Tech Breakthrough In Targeting Disinformation

African Nations Pledge $35 Billion For Electrification;
Congo Crisis Escalates As M23 Rebels Advance;
New Signs Of Life For Militants In Nigeria;
West African Nations Withdraw From Ecowas;
U.S.-South Africa Tensions Escalate Over Land Reform Law

Russia's LNG Lifeline;
North Korea... No Longer At The Front;
The Reasons For Russia's Downhill Demography;
Laying The Groundwork For A New Draft;
From Russia, With Love

The Grim Toll Of Putin's War;
Moscow Thinks Beyond Damascus;
More Signs Of Economic Fragility;
How Is Russia's Recruitment Drive Really Going?

China Builds World's Largest Fusion Energy Reactor;
PRC Influence Operation Pushs For Overthrow Of Spain's Government;
Florida Police Bust Smuggling Operation, Detain 26 Chinese Migrants;
Massive Dam In Tibet Alarms China's Neighbors;
China's Spies Recruit U.S. Clearance Holders

World Bank Suspends Gabon Disbursements;
Kenya Turns To The Uae;
Nigeria Becomes A Brics Partner;
Sudanese Army Captures Strategic City;
Illegal Mining Crackdown Causes Chaos In South Africa;
New Mozambican President Sworn In Amid Mass Protests

Quantum Cloning: The Future of Teleportation?;
SOCOM Seeks Hybrid Micro Drones;
Cutting The Cord: Wireless Power for Troops;
China's Microwave Superweapon: Science Fiction or Reality?;
From Warrior Suit to Carrying Companion

Afghanistan's Other Islamists Rear Their Heads...;
...As Riyadh Moves Closer To Kabul;
Bracing For An Imperial Turkey;
How Hezbollah And Iran Are Adapting

Cia: Covid-19 Probably Leaked From Wuhan Lab;
Iranian Cargo Ships Transport Missile Propellant From China;
Philippine Authorities Seize Spy Car, Arrests Prc Agents;
"The U.S. Does Not Support Taiwan Independence" – Rubio;
China Affirms Support For The Who And Paris Climate Deal

China Expands Quantum Satellite Network;
X-37B Tests Novel Orbital Maneuvers;
China Sets The Pace In Global Tech Standards;
Innovative Motor Propels Hypersonic Testing;
Building Better Ai... With Ai

An Energy Crisis In Russia's Moldovan Enclave;
How The Kremlin Is Combatting Demographic Decline;
Is Moscow Battling Back In Kursk?;
Russia's Ailing Economy

University Of Michigan Cuts Ties With Shanghai Jiao Tong University;
Chinese Owned Ship Suspected Of Cutting Taiwan's Undersea Cable;
China Works With Gangs To Gain Intelligence On Taiwan;
China'S Population Falls For A Third Straight Year;
U.S. Sanctions On Russia's "Shadow Fleet" Push Up China's Costs

Warsaw in The Kremlin's Crosshairs;
The Ukraine War Is Driving Russian Demographic Decline;
Chechnya As Military Training Hub;
Russia's Ties To The Taliban Run Deep;

Deflation Grips China;
As Jobs Dwindle, Youth Flock To Civil Service Exams;
Foreign Degree Holders Banned From Civil Service Exam;
Iran Sells Oil Stored In China To Fund Proxies;
Uyghurs Detained In Thailand Face Deportation Back To China

Unrest in Mozambique sparks mass exodus;
African nations continue wave of French troop expulsions…;
…After Macron’s contemptuous remarks;
U.S. defense officials visit Benin, Côte d'ivoire;
Biden administration declares Sudan's civil war a genocide;
Chad’s military foils assault on presidential complex

How the FSB is evolving;
A deepening science deficit;
Russia repositions after Assad;
Moscow's drone-enabled espionage

The Kremlin comes around on the Taliban;
Syria's crisis equals new opportunities for the Islamic state;
UNWRA has a radicalism problem

China trades weapons to Houthis in exchange for Red Sea passage;
PRC hackers access U.S. treasury workstations and documents;
China approves construction of mega-dam in Tibet;
China rolls out nationwide private pension plan;
Beijing raises the retirement age

Persecuting Navalny, continued;
A shakeup in the Russian intelligence ranks;
Moscow looks to Africa;
Finland fights back;
Homegrown resistance to academic propaganda