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China’s Private Security Companies in the Middle East: Commercial Actors, Strategic Tools
Chinese PSCs are state-adjacent actors embedded in China’s overseas economic expansion, particularly under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), generating new arenas of US–China...
The War No One Talks About: What Modern Conflict Is Doing to Women and Girls
There is a particular cruelty to the way modern wars are fought. Not just in their scale or their duration, but in what they...
China and Egypt Move to Shield Suez Canal From Iran War Fallout
Chinese intelligence agencies, think tanks, and military establishments focused on the Middle East rely on the pivotal role of the Egyptian army as a...
Chinese Intelligence Targets Organized Crime in Egypt
Chinese intelligence and security agencies view the crackdown on influence thuggery and the arrest of Sabry Nakhnoukh by Egyptian security forces in June 2026...
The Pyongyang Diaries: Xi’s North Korea Visit and the North Korea/Russia Axis
Xi Jinping's historic Pyongyang summit, coming after 7 years of limited diplomatic engagement, has been touted as a Chinese effort to bring North Korea...
What Happens When the US Military Puts AI in Charge of National Security?
On June 5, Trump signed National Security Presidential Memorandum 11. The document is titled "Artificial Intelligence in the National Security Enterprise" and it does...
Ukraine Sees AI Driving Next Revolution in Warfare
Ukraine’s defence ministry believes artificial intelligence is set to fundamentally transform modern warfare, as Kyiv accelerates efforts to integrate AI into battlefield operations amid...
Somaliland Opens Taiwan Office Amid China and Somalia Pressure
Somaliland has reaffirmed its right to choose its international partners as it opened a new representative office in Taiwan, deepening ties between two politically...
US Businessman Detained in Myanmar After Writing Coup Memoir
Myanmar authorities have detained American businessman Adam Castillo upon his return to the country, according to sources familiar with the matter. Castillo, a former...
Mali Al Qaeda Affiliate Offers €2 Million Bounty on President
Mali's al Qaeda linked group Jama'at Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) has announced a €2 million reward for information leading to the whereabouts...