China Maps the Deep to Rewrite the Rules of Undersea War
China is rapidly expanding a vast ocean mapping and monitoring effort across the Pacific, Indian and Arctic oceans, gathering highly detailed data on seabed...
From Beijing Talks to Moscow Pact: North Korea’s Long Game Against Denuclearization
The Six-Party Talks (SPT) launched in 2003 with the first round held in Beijing. They continued through six rounds until 2007 but completely broke...
Japan’s Natural Resources Dilemma and Sanae Takaichi’s Neo-mercantilism
Every country in the world has its own obstacles to building its economy. For Japan, the obstacle is their helplessness due to the lack...
Behind China’s Rejection of a US-Led Naval Coalition in the Strait of Hormuz
China has adopted a strategy of securing passage through bilateral channels, meaning that Beijing prefers to rely on domestic diplomacy and direct communication with...
Escalation Without War: China’s New Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
On 29 December 2025, more than 130 Chinese military aircraft and drones filled the airspace surrounding Taiwan. Destroyers, frigates, coast guard vessels, and rocket...
China is exporting Xi Jinping’s Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics
China is working to export its party schools model and political training to African countries, including Egypt, to promote its political ideology and train...
China’s Cognitive Operations Against Taiwan and the Future of Democratic Resilience
There is a form of warfare that leaves no craters, deploys no soldiers, and issues no formal declaration, and yet it may prove more...
China’s ‘Little Emperors’ Come of Age: How Inherited Wealth is Testing the Nation’s Agenda
China has transitioned from a society that championed equality in poverty to one now facing the unprecedented challenge of intergenerational wealth transfer for the...
The Backlash of Digital Diplomacy: Nigeria’s False Visa Claims Undermine Japan’s Programme
In the contemporary landscape of international relations, information has become an instrument of power on a par with economic and military might. However, information...
China’s Middle East envoy touring in the region to mediate between Iran, America and Israel to stop the war
China dispatched its special envoy for Middle East affairs, Jun Zhai, on an intensive regional diplomatic tour that began in the first week of...