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When Bamboo Diplomacy Meets the American Tech Stack
Vietnam’s sovereign AI relies heavily on open-weight models developed in the United States. However, as Washington and Beijing are moving to restrict access to...
The Red Sea: Emerging Complexities and Untapped Opportunities
Amid geopolitical changes, Red Sea security has attained new developments, creating heightened maritime tensions, while the Gulf States race to control the region. By...
Why Civilian Infrastructure? The Strategic Logic of the U.S. Targeting in the Iran War
With the July 8, 2026, resumption of hostilities between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, what attracts attention more than the...
Agentic Financial Fraud Is Becoming a Test of State Capacity
On 31 July 2026, OpenAI disclosed that it had disrupted a Cambodia-based criminal operation using ChatGPT to support investment, romance, gambling, and law-enforcement impersonation scams. The...
Is Afghanistan a Preview of Where Global Press Freedom Is Heading?
What Five Years of Directives Add Up To
On August 10, 2026, Reporters Without Borders marked five years of Taliban rule with an assessment that...
APEC 2026: Why China Chose Shenzhen to Showcase Its Technology Power
Shenzhen will host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC) in November 2026, particularly given its reputation as China's Silicon Valley and a global hub...
Vietnam’s Strategic Balancing Act: How It Navigates US-China Rivalry
Vietnam is considered one of the few countries that have successfully maintained a balance between the competition for influence between the US and China...
America’s Peace Deals Need an Economic Doctrine
America’s foreign policy, is markedly robust in its deal-making energy. Since January of last year, the second Trump administration has charged forward to bring...
Rational Choice and G20: The Renewable Energy Implementation Ambiguity
Renewable energy became an essential issue in G20 meetings due to the reality of climate change in recent decades. The campaign of the energy...
Foreign Influence Is Making America’s Iran War Harder to End
Trump’s renewed talks with Tehran expose an uncomfortable reality: once war begins, foreign allies and their domestic networks can raise the political cost of...