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

Nigeria's election ignites further divide and doubt;
France rethinks Africa;
Uganda seeks nuclear status;
Mali's referendum delayed once more;
DRC violence prompts an exodus

Prigozhin's paramilitary outfit grooms a younger generation;
The key role of Russia's young, western-trained elites;
Wagner threatens to jeopardize Russia's war effort;
The high price of Bakhmut;
How Russians view protest and emigration

Russia looks to the levant for reinforcements;
Demographic decline and the Ukraine war;
Chinese purchases of Russian oil surge;
Debating the state of western business in Russia;
Sanctions erode Russia's surveillance capabilities

China focuses on laser mitigation;
Talking to hypersonics; 
The end of encryption?;
The problems with planetary defense;
A reusable interceptor for hypersonics?

Afghanistan's neighbors organize;
India invests in Arunachal Pradesh;
Amid coalition crisis, Nepal elects third president;
India, Australia aim to boost ties

Russia flouts oil price cap;
Russia threatens Ukrainian food exports... Again;
Moscow blames Washington for Ukrainian strikes;
Shielding the enablers of Russia's military;
How the intelligence community sees Russia

Africa's deepening debt crisis;
Eritrean troops dig in, despite the peace;
Sudan, Chad strengthening alliance to secure their borders;
Russia seeks to fill a vacuum in West Africa;
UN seeks political progress in Libya

Moscow passes on China's peace plan;
Russia's dwindling drone stocks;
Russian banks put on a brave face...
...But oligarchs say different;
Wagner head ramps up the war of words;
Russia turns off the tap;
A symbol reopens

State firms instructed to phase out "Big Four" auditors;
Beijing bans ChatGPT;
Canada stops funding research links with PLA-linked institutions;
China targets Starlink;
Missing Chinese banker was moving wealth to Singapore

TV rain runs aground in Riga...
...And gets a new lease on life in Amsterdam;
The PRC tones down the rhetoric... Sort of;
Facebook as arbiter of COVID truth;
The digital fight for Iran

The mounting toll from Russia's war;
After Ukraine... Belarus?
Wagner plots a coup in Africa;
A helping hand from the PRC;
Taking stock of Moscow's military progress

Criminal reform, Russian style; 
Holding Russia accountable for atrocities; 
The bloom is off the Russian military rose; 
Widening the conscript pool

CPC seeks to "enhance" ties with Taiwan's KMT;
Hong Kong starts its largest national security trial ever;
Australian defense department removes Chinese-made cameras;
China confirms another of its balloons is over Latin America;
China has "penetrated" un agencies by financing and stacking them

China "intentionally poisoning" Americans with fentanyl;
China expanding its espionage in Germany: Berlin;
China's elderly protest against health insurance reforms;
BBC produces ads for China's propaganda organs;
Chinese ship flashed Philippine vessel with military-grade laser

Rescuing Russia's anti-war dissidents;
Authoritarian birds of a feather flock together...;
...As Beijing mulls arming Moscow;
Now a media pariah as well;
Tensions deepen between Wagner and Russia's military brass

Recognizing the Holocaust...;
...And rejecting it;
China's "propaganda" push on Xinjiang;
A grim forecast for 2023

Russia's African footprint deepens;
Americans warned again to leave Russia;
Moldova in the crosshairs;
Western sanctions hit Russian gas exports;
In State of the Nation, Putin strikes a defiant note

India announces major investments in great Nicobar Island;
Manila opens additional military sites to Washington;
South Korea flirts with the nuclear issue;
Indonesia moves forward with resource mining in South China Sea

Blocking the borders;
Russia's economy as political football;
No new mobilization... for now; 
Wagner changes tack; 
Moscow plans for domestic attacks, disturbances

Beijing, Delhi jockey for position in Bangladesh;
Khan's PTI makes a power play;
To protect against China, India greenlights domestic arms...;
...And deepens partnership with the United States;
The Taliban's new groove

War makes Russia's dismal demographics worse...;
...And prompts major ideological and political changes;
Yashin's appeal to the west;
Wagner's depleted ranks

As debts soar Chinese cities cut pay and services;
Now Czech parliament speaker announces Taiwan visit;
Sichuan allows unmarried people to register children;
China is building ground stations on Antarctica;
U.S. air force general predicts war with China in 2025

End of U.S.-Russian arms control?;
Amid the war, Russian outreach to Africa;
Russia, Iran tighten ties;
The war's second round gets underway;
Assessing support for the "special military operation"

Putin evokes Stalingrad;
Even less rights for Russia's miserable soldiers;
Kyiv sets its sights on Prigozhin;
New signs of life to Russia's anti-war movement;
Navalny's situation gets even more serious

Streamlining Putin's war spending;
Another media figure found guilty of incorrect thinking;
Jerusalem reconsiders its stance on the Ukraine war;
All eyes on Moldova

Natural gas shortages hit china as temperatures plunge;
U.S. Jails Chinese engineer for spying;
EU announces 70 projects to rival China's BRI;
Washington targets Chinese firm for helping Russia's Wagner;
Satellites reveal anti-aircraft missiles on SCS islands

Tackling Africa's food and flooding crisis;
Anticipating an energy transition;
U.S., UAE building clean energy framework;
The fight over french water

Iran squanders its natural gas wealth;
In Europe, a debate over the IRGC...
...And consensus on human rights;
What Iranians think of the protests... And their future

Increasing the sensitivity of quantum sensors;
Where are Russia's wonder weapons?
U.S. officially joins the hypersonic weapons club;
Biology-based armor advances;
Next up: naval drone deliveries

A Russian terror campaign;
How Moscow is beefing up its military-industrial complex;
A foothold in Africa;
Former convicts threaten Russian citizens;
Getting students into fighting shape