Missions in China warned over "propaganda" displays;
Canada expels PRC diplomat for gathering intel on MP's family;
Amsterdam should "push europe to uphold strategic autonomy";
China closes thousands of websites and removes dozens of apps;
Mexican President offers proof China shipping illegal fentanyl
To be sure, our leaders must engage not just with democratic allies but with autocrats in Beijing, Moscow, Tehran, and elsewhere. Presidents are wise to seek meetings in which to enunciate our values, delineate our priorities, glean what we can from our adversaries, and seek cooperation when possible.
Bangladesh drifts West;
Nepal, India draw closer;
Washington envisions a Western quad;
China poised to deepen Afghan foothold;
Pakistan hurtles toward chaos
The risky business of Russian defense science;
Truss: focus on Ukrainian victory, not Russian Democracy;
A different kind of prisoner's dilemma;
Belgrade rethinks loosened citizenship rules for Russians;
Greater connectivity for Kyiv
China limits data for foreigners;
Beijing trains rural cadres;
China clamps down on comedy;
China incentivizes families;
China's "Smokeless war" against spies
In some respects, the diplomatic peace offensive is as important as the Ukrainian ground offensive, because conflict termination will ultimately come from the bargaining table and not the battlefield. This phase of the conflict is critical.
Informing on your classmates comes back into vogue;
The Kremlin's curious retention policy;
Citizenship for service;
Next stop, Minsk;
Russia's brain drain intensifies
Birds aren't real?
Super soldiers, reconsidered;
China's phantom space strike;
AI wingman takes flight;
The PRC's stealth bomber gets an upgrade
South Africa takes sides;
Guinea's civilian opposition gains traction;
Ethiopia inches toward a wider peace;
Sudan's civil strife creates a wider crisis
Last month, China’s special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, visited Kyiv, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris, and Brussels with “a clear message”: European governments should view Beijing as an alternative to Washington, and recognize Ukrainian territories seized by Moscow as belonging to Russia in order to quickly end the war.
Dissent within the nationalist ranks;
Back to Bishkek;
Moscow scrambles to stop a fleeing population;
Moscow gets a helping hand from Pretoria
Nearly a year-and-a-half into Russia’s “special military operation” against its western neighbor, its next-generation arms have failed to materialize in any meaningful way.
CACI chairman S. Frederick Starr discusses the resurgence of Imperial Russia with the American Purpose magazine
Digital authoritarianism and weaponized disinformation;
Israel's upgraded public diplomacy;
China, TikTok and cognitive warfare
Targeting the legal defenders;
Countering Wagner in Africa;
The real state of Russian industry;
Flashpoint: Zaporizhzhia
Between mid-March and mid-April, Israel's northern frontier experienced its worst spasm of instability in over a decade-and-a-half. On March 13, an armed extremist connected to Hezbollah infiltrated the country and blew up a car at the Megiddo junction, some 50 miles south of the Israeli-Lebanese border. Three weeks later, over the Passover holiday, the Hamas terrorist group launched a salvo of 36 rockets from Lebanese territory against towns and civilian populations in the western Galilee, wounding several and damaging local infrastructure. Two days after that, rockets were launched at Israel from Syria as well.
Moscow digs in in Central Asia;
A Russian hand in pipeline blast, after all;
A reporter as political pawn;
Mounting international condemnation of Russia's war of choice;
The complicated case of Mikhail Fridman
Hong Kong eliminates most elected seats;
Scholz's push for China port deal triggers pushback;
China cracks down on foreign firms, cuts their access to info;
Facing a lack of recruits, China revises conscription law;
U.S. Seeks to "De-risk" its relationship with China: Sullivan
China and Africa's critical minerals;
The environmental risks of the Ukraine war;
A scramble for the Arctic
Engaged in high-stakes political drama, Washington’s playmakers can forget that the world watches their every move—with our allies looking for leadership and growing concerned that we may no longer have the wherewithal to provide it, and our adversaries savoring our domestic turmoil.
Iran in talks with China to acquire sanctioned missile fuel;
China censors AI;
India's villages program in Arunachal Pradesh angers China;
China's tightening grip on foreign firms hits investment;
China's expands its anti-espionage law
This state of affairs makes a collapse of the current ruling coalition a distinct possibility.
Wagner games Sudan's civil crisis;
More military help from Tehran;
Moscow targets students for conscription...;
...Amid Kremlin worries over domestic effects;
Russifying Ukraine's regions
As Russia’s war in Ukraine drags on, and Vladimir Putin’s strategic position erodes, his few remaining European allies are exploring their options.
Even as their government prepares them for the shock of Ukraine’s counteroffensive, most Russians continue to endorse Putin’s imperial dream.
Biden wants to renew 2015 nuclear deal while Islamic Republic accelerates advances
Iran's growing boldness on the high seas...
...And in cyberspace;
The shadowy domestic organization beating back Iran's protests;
Congressional pressure on Biden's Iran policy builds
Biden, Yoon bolster American extended deterrence in South Korea;
Japan funds energy project on India’s strategic islands...;
...While Burma paves the way for Chinese planes;
Washington and Manila train to control critical waterway;
White House woos the Solomons, while Honiara delays elections
Gamers, the Kremlin's next target;
Assessing Russia's future warfighting potential;
Moscow seeks to manipulate German politics;
Russia's rich get richer
South Africa poised to deport thousands of Zimbabweans;
Zambia in trouble over Chinese debt;
Seeking press freedom in the Sahel;
Americans eye the exits as Sudan's civil war worsens;
Still hope for America in Africa
Israel’s defensive advantage is deteriorating... Hezbollah’s growing menace is a concern not only for Israel, but for the United States as well. Yet so far, the Biden administration... hasn’t paid much attention to the Hezbollah threat.
If China's space ambitions continue unchallenged, America will be seriously economically and militarily disadvantaged. This book provides a comprehensive strategy to secure U.S. primacy in the space domain.
The Russian economy limps along... for now;
Russia is increasingly China's junior partner;
For the Kremlin, food is a weapon;
Compensating Ukraine for Crimea (after a fashion);
Moscow is hacking American munitions;
Russian energy for the Ayatollahs
Assessing China’s space program is vital to understanding how investments in space add to a country’s comprehensive national power.
The divisive hunt for an Indian separatist;
Pakistan seeks to protect Chinese residents;
Japan's new indo-pacific plan;
Lithium find a mixed blessing in contested Kashmir
It’s time to restore the distinction between disinformation and plain old lying.
“Never interfere with an enemy in the process of destroying himself,” Napoleon once said. That’s a lesson Jerusalem needs to learn quickly, and Washington needs to reinforce, as Israel’s regional challenges escalate while the Jewish state is splintering over an ill-timed debate on judicial reform.
A carve-out for Tokyo on Russian crude;
The real possibility of a wider war;
Sanctions flip Russia's tech strategy on its head;
Moscow turns to E-summons;
Navalny's condition deteriorates further
With the outbreak of the Ukraine war more than a year ago, Russia's already unfree media sphere has constricted precipitously. New regulations and constraints imposed by a Kremlin desperate to control the narrative about its "special military operation" have made independent journalism virtually impossible inside the country, and precipitated a mass exodus of journalists, producers, and opposition media figures to locations in Europe and beyond.
Xi abandons Japan's claim to Russian-held Isles;
Mexico asks China to stop fentanyl precursor exports;
China renames places along the disputed Indian border;
China delaying high-level meetings with the United Sates;
China appoints Shanghai Bishop, violating pact with the Vatican
Wagner fighters win their freedom;
Deepening Russo-Iranian economic ties;
The Chechens make contingency plans;
Russian arms trade with India impacted;
More grim evidence of military brutality...;
...And battlefield missteps
When it comes to negotiations with Iran, hope truly seems to spring eternal in Washington, D.C.
Meet the new (Al-Qaeda) boss;
The Abraham accords and Morocco's Islamist opposition;
A crackdown on Islamists in India;
An ISIS media presence in Malaysia
Thousands of Chinese migrants coming to the U.S. on foot;
China's influence in Utah;
China spent $240 billion bailing out the BRI;
Huawei sees largest ever profit decline;
China plans massive floating solar plant in Zimbabwe
Not so quiet on the Eastern front;
Russia's deadbeat defense ministry;
Russia helps Iran deepen domestic repression;
A new draft by other means;
Putin's new foreign policy concept
China opposes u.s. military presence in north Philippines;
China, Cambodia hold first naval drills;
PRC firm wins Solomon Islands port project tender;
China criticizes U.S. plan to force Tiktok sale;
Less than 400 u.s. students in China
Russian in name only;
How Wagner is pressuring Europe;
Battening down the hatches;
Wagner targets Russia's schools;
Russia's legacy weapons become relevant again;
Domestic resistance to Putin ramps up
Taiwan charges ex-mp and former admiral with spying for China;
China to reopen to tourists, resume all visas;
Taiwan unveils new drones;
China's secret police stations target Canada's Chinese residents;
Trudeau orders probes into Chinese political interference
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