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ASEAN needs a hedging code, not just hedging instincts
Southeast Asia is not choosing Beijing over Washington. It only looks that way. What is actually happening is more consequential: the region's governments are...
Why Do National AI Strategies Stall in Southeast Asia?
Three Southeast Asian governments entered the AI race at almost the same time. Indonesia published its Strategi Nasional Kecerdasan Artifisial in 2020. Malaysia followed with its...
Why China Is Watching Egypt’s New Octagon Defense HQ
The coverage and analyses by the Chinese press and official media, as well as Chinese intelligence, military, defense, and security think tanks and their...
How the Ankara Summit Became the Most Important NATO Meeting
The spending commitments, the Ukraine pledges, the bilateral deals that summits are supposed to produce were all delivered at the Ankara summit; but the...
Thirteen Signatures, One Big Game: Dhaka’s China Gamble
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman completed his four day visit to China on Friday. With so much speculation about his first visit, he completed his...
Who May “Toll” the Strait of Hormuz
On 20 June, Donald Trump posted that there would be no tolls in the Strait of Hormuz during the sixty-day ceasefire, and none after...
Three Sovereignties, One AI: State, Corporate, and Indigenous Techno-Sovereignty
Sovereign AI has become a national priority, replacing the old dream of a borderless internet with state-backed control over computing hardware. The digital economy...
Fractured Axis: The Weakening of Iran’s Resistance Network
Iran quietly built one of the most powerful armed groups in West Asia named the Axis of Resistance. This network spread from Lebanon to...
China Responds to Yisrael Katz’s Threats Against Iranian Leaders
Israeli Defense Minister Yisrael Katz’s statements about assassinating Iranian leaders coincided with the development of a joint Chinese plan with Tehran to stop Israel’s...
AI and the Future of Counter-Terrorism: The United Nations’ Shift from Response to Prevention
We live in an era in which technology and technological improvements have been an essential part of our lives. In today’s world, we cannot...