Publications

Coercing workers to come back;
Sparing the urban elites...;
...and conscripting the Tatars;
Seeking an "army with an ideology";
Paying for military progress

China helps Iran and Saudi Arabia resume ties;
China floats Pakistan a $2 billion loan;
Xi Jinping takes aim at the U.S.;
China's cities are trillions in debt;
China creates new data regulator

U.S. will send Taiwan $619 million in arms amid PLA pressure;
China building scores of coal power plants;
China launches satellites to compete with Starlink;
Local debt rings alarms;
Younger Chinese struggle to find employment

Solovyov advocates soviet tactics against Ukraine;
More men for Putin's war machine;
Russia prepares for Crimean counteroffensive;
Wagner's recruitment drive;
Russia's collapsing arms industry