Facebook closes dozens of Beijing-controlled fake accounts;
Former Justice Minister jailed for life for corruption;
European firms cutting China operations over ideology;
China's space footprint in South America fuels security concerns;
Shanghai unveils $257B in infrastructure projects
Kenya turns the page;
Tensions between Mali, Ivory Coast on the rise;
Movement towards compromise in Ethiopia's civil war?;
Landlocked nations eye Nigeria's new port;
What African publics really think about China
The penalties for failing to fight;
Putin's unwilling recruits;
Helsinki turns a cold shoulder;
A post-mobilization exodus;
...Prompts the Kremlin to shore up Russia's creative class
In his efforts to solve one problem—boosting morale and manpower for his Ukraine campaign—Vladimir Putin has managed to create another.
Putin plans "Partial Mobilization";
...Fake referendums...;
...And threatens nuclear war...;
...As other officials follow suit;
A warning from Washington
Taiwan creating a backup internet system in case of invasion;
Former Texas A&M professor pleads guilty;
PLA and Russian naval ships spotted near Alaska;
China's new oil platform in the East China Sea angers Japan;
As COVID lockdowns continue, so do Macau's losses
China's influence on the ascent in the South Pacific;
Manila weighs future steps in the shadow of Taiwan;
Suffocating debt imperils Laos' political future;
Canberra, Port Moresby respond to Beijing's encroachment
Zombie ice a threat to coasts worldwide;
America's new "Arctic Ambassador";
Pakistan's climate emergency;
A fragile consensus in Bali
Biden: U.S. forces will defend Taiwan;
China recruits Los Alamos scientists to design missiles and drones;
Pleads for food, medical care grow as "Zero-Covid" persists;
Censors drown out posts about food and medicine shortages;
Hong Kong police arrest harmonica player at Queen's vigil
Putin is making risky moves in Ukraine because they are his best option to buy the time to stay in power.
Soviet queen of pop turns anti-war activist;
Harsh penalties for Russia's soldiers;
Central Asia closes up shop;
The true impact of sanctions against Russia;
Putin sacks more military brass amid war stumbles
Russians flee Putin's war;
A Russian weapon of war: Filtration;
Wagner, depleted;
Zelensky's appeal
Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has been implicated in several attacks in southern Yemen in recent months. The recent uptick in attacks indicates that the group still retains a high level of coordination and training, and could now be making a comeback.
BMW's Chinese partner embezzled $1.2 billion;
Pope sought meeting with Xi, but was rebuffed;
India, France share China concerns;
Germany vows 'no more naivety' in its China policy;
Biden Executive Order blocks Chinese investment in U.S. tech
Iran's turn to the East is accelerating.
Israel's new shooter detection system;
Building blimps to seek hypersonic missiles;
A post-quantum world in Cybersecurity;
Toward scientifically-induced morality;
China's goal: AI to monitor loyalty to the party;
3D printing at sea
Another oligarch meets an untimely end;
Moscow puts the energy squeeze on Europe;
Making an example of Ivan;
What Russia needs to fight its war;
A helping hand from the DPRK
At home and abroad, Putin is facing mounting opposition over his invasion of Ukraine.
U.S. approves $1.1 billion weapons sale to Taiwan;
Beijing makes progress on the moon;
China collecting DNA samples in Tibet;
KPMG faces $830 million lawsuit for "appalling" Chinese audit;
Singapore replaces Hong Kong as top haven for Chinese elite
Commercial-level Space-based solar power (SSP) satellites will reduce dependence on fossil fuels, dramatically shift global energy markets, build economic and geopolitical influence, and accelerate military and space power projection.
Nuclear talks with Iran are at an impasse. Just when a deal seemed imminent, Tehran resurrected a demand that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) cease an investigation into potentially illegal uranium enrichment at three undeclared locations.
Throughout what is collectively known as the "Global South" (encompassing developing parts of the world like Latin America, Africa, and parts of Asia), China is now more popular than the United States.
Tehran leans into cryptocurrency;
A promotion for Mojtaba;
Iran dips its toe into the AI field;
Tehran targets Sweden in WMD quest
U.S. business confidence in China falls to record low;
U.S., China suspends each other's flights;
China's espionage alarms Europe;
UN: China committing "serious human rights violations" in Xinjiang;
Xi encourages foreigners to tell China's stories
A high-profile killing took place in Moscow last month — a killing with potentially massive implications, both for the war in Ukraine and for the stability of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government.
Sri Lanka's presidential election provides no reprieve;
China backstops Pakistani terrorism;
Washington, Delhi continue to drift together;
Bangladesh plays a risky regional game
Hong Kong National Security trial to proceed without jury;
China forcing political critics into psychatric hospitals;
Solar panels pile up at U.S. border due to Xinjiang forced labor law;
As birth slumps, China discourages abortions;
NIH terminates grant after Wuhan lab refused to share data
A contested vote in Kenya;
After France, more extremism in Mali… and elsewhere in Africa;
The Biden Administration seeks to make up ground in Africa;
The GERD as flashpoint… again
Latvia, Estonia leave China's East Europe forum;
Lithuanian Deputy Minister visits Taiwan;
Sri Lanka allows PLA spy ship to dock at Hambantota Port;
Fewer Chinese students heading to the U.S.;
CPC warns Israel: Don't get "dragged" into U.S.-China policy
Today, it is increasingly clear that the Islamic Republic of Iran is approaching some sort of political transition.
The strange case of Darya Dugina;
Western tech fuels Russia's fight;
Target: Wagner;
The Kremlin looks for reinforcements
...the costs of the present conflict have already become exorbitantly high, both for Russia and for ordinary Russians
Honing in on hypersonics;
Drones as security chaperone?;
An iron man suit reboot;
Robot dogs get their sea legs;
NATO considers virtual training
Moscow tries to make up informational ground...;
...and steps up its propaganda efforts in Africa;
Armenia's crumbling internet freedoms;
Singapore gets serious about online security
Africa as an illicit finance hub;
Islamic State planned chemical attacks in Europe;
Belatedly, Bangladesh tries de-radicalization;
Islamists on the back foot in Tunisia;
Russia's Muslims increasingly restive
Russia's aviation industry starts to eat itself;
Arms control a casualty of the Ukraine war?;
More Russian nuclear blackmail;
Wooing allies through arms sales;
Russia's military has a manpower problem
Bangladeshi finance minister warns about China's loans;
India deploys military chopper to transport Dalai Lama;
KMT vice chairman's China trip draws fire from within;
Leaked data shows China's population shrinking fast;
Alibaba joins nearly 200 firms facing delisting from U.S. exchanges
In less than six months, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war of choice has had catastrophic consequences — for Russia itself.
They could have ironed out their differences privately and worked everything out behind closed doors. Instead, unnamed White House officials leaked Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan travel plans and sought to spike the trip.
Moscow's political power play;
A turnaround in Turkey?;
Language as a battlefield;
Another reason the Kremlin covets Ukraine
Ukraine war contributing to spike in global hunger and migration;
OPEC's grim outlook;
Old and new allies propping up Russia's economy';
France, UAE strike energy deal
Some three-quarters of a century after Kennan’s “long telegram,” the United States—and the West more broadly—has little understanding of the ideological constructs and strategic principles animating contemporary Russian decision-making. In the absence of such awareness, successive governments have fallen short in anticipating Russia’s post-Cold War foreign policy maneuvers. They have likewise floundered in formulating a cogent response to them.
A year later, a majority of Americans (53%) agreed that the fall of Afghanistan was indeed a “generational setback” for the United States.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine in late February, the policy conversation in Washington and European capitals has revolved around how best the West can put an end to Vladimir Putin’s aggression
U.S. tightens grip on exports of chipmaking gear to China;
China targeted fed to build informant network;
FBI: Chinese telecom equipment could disrupt U.S. military communications;
Jeep factory pulls out of China over government meddling;
China forcibly relocating Tibetans to disputed borders
Sri Lanka's debt drama;
Nepal balks at national guard partnership with U.S.;
Modi remains silent as ethno-religious violence in India continues;
Drama among Pacific island nations leads back to Beijing;
Cambodia continues China tilt, breaks ground on naval base
Deportations, "filtration camps" key to the Kremlin's plans;
How Wagner is winning;
The Turkish role in Ukraine's war effort
The death of al-Qaeda’s leader is an opportune moment to reflect on the dangerous incoherence of the Biden administration’s foreign policy.
China pressures UN not to release Xinjiang report;
Uruguay navy captures Chinese vessel fishing illegally;
India probes Chinese phone makers for tax evasion, etc.;
Pentagon to review all U.S.-China military encounters;
China-Russia passenger jet joint venture at risk
At this critical moment, Washington needs a post-JCPOA strategy that will force Russia, China, and Iran to take notice.