China Eyes Unraveling Alliances in Sudan as Islamists Pledge Support for Iran
Chinese intelligence agencies have adopted a cautious and pragmatic stance toward Iranian interference in the Sudanese army following the United States' designation of the...
The Power of Not Reporting: Silence as Strategic Communication
In a day and age dominated by nonstop information flows, it would appear as an oddity to remain silent. Governments are tweeting about policy...
From Patrols to Pacts: Is China Building the Middle East’s Next Military Alliance?
China seeks to bolster its influence in the Gulf and diminish the American military presence through its military bases scattered across the Gulf region...
El-Sisi’s views on the U.S.–Israeli War with Iran and their Alignment with Xi Jinping’s Multipolar Vision
Chinese intelligence agencies and strategic circles in Beijing value Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi's speeches before Egyptian military and security academies and institutions, in...
How Chinese PLA Tech Firms Use AI and Tanker Ship Data to Mask Iranian Military Moves
China utilizes technology companies affiliated with the People's Liberation Army, such as “CETC” (Convention and Technology Corporation of China), to develop simultaneous attack tactics....
They Manufactured the Silence. We Called It Consensus
The international community has a structural problem in reading conflicts: it treats silence as neutrality, when in fact silence is a manufactured condition. When...
Bandwagon as a propaganda technique: When ‘participating’ is used as a geopolitical weapon
What is the bandwagon technique?
Bandwagon is a propaganda technique that utilizes the instinct of human participation in a systematic manner. It has a simple...
How Hezbollah Spent Months Rearming for the War It Saw Coming
Hezbollah has been preparing for a potential new war with Israel, replenishing its stockpiles of rockets and drones with support from Iran and its...
The Missile Saturation Gambit: China’s Strategy to Lure American and Israeli Firepower into a Costly Trap
This new intelligence and military analysis, unprecedented in the world of military warfare, may be based on a controversial analytical view of what it...
The CIA’s China Playbook and the Shadow War
In a recent move, China’s top general and a longtime confidant of President Xi Jinping, Zhang Youxia, and Joint Staff chief Liu Zhenli were...