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China-Africa Defense Ties Deepen After Beijing Security Forum
The fourth China-Africa Peace and Security Forum was held in Beijing, China, from September 15 to 17, 2026, coinciding with the 13th Xiangshan Forum...
Can Japan Sustain Its Biggest Military Buildup Since WWII?
For much of the postwar era, Japan treated military restraint as part of its national identity. Its Self Defense Forces were capable, the alliance...
The AI slowdown Washington is being sold is a cartel with a safety label
Dario Amodei wants the industry he helps lead to slow down. On Saturday the Anthropic chief executive published an essay warning that swarms of...
Between Washington and Beijing: Can Central Asia Preserve Its Multi-Vector Technology Policy?
The United States is preparing to tell dozens of partner countries that they may have to choose between American and Chinese approaches to cooperation...
Russian Provocations on NATO Members Are the Pretext Putin Wants to Save His Regime
Over the past several months, Russia has increased hybrid warfare activities such as acts of sabotage and potential terrorist attacks across Europe. Though Moscow...
China’s Middle East Security Strategy: Can Beijing Build a Regionally-Led Order?
President Xi Jinping's visit to Cairo was not a protocol visit. It was a doctrine declaration.
At a highly sensitive moment: an open war in...
The War That Survived Its Enemy
Twenty-five years after September 11, the Twin Towers are gone from New York’s skyline, Osama bin Laden has been dead for more than fifteen...
The Cost of Proof Will Decide the Winners of US–China Decoupling
Every export increasingly carries two products: the good itself and the evidence that makes it admissible. The cost of producing the second may determine...
China’s Red Sea Strategy: How Ports Could Expand Beijing’s Maritime Influence
The Chinese presence in the Red Sea and Horn of Africa ports and projects is deeply significant, given its connection to trade and supply...
The Burke Index: An Attempt to Measure the Real Autonomy of the State
Sovereignty is usually understood as a legal status: a state is recognized, possesses territory and institutions of government, and formally has the right to...