Diplomacy & International Relations

Taiwan Bounty: PRC Cross-Agency Operations Target Taiwanese Military Personnel (Sze-Fung Lee – The Jamestown Foundation)

For the first time, public security authorities in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) are targeting Taiwanese military personnel and so-called “Taiwan independence” (台独)...

Smart Device Empire: Beijing’s Expansion Through Everyday Digital Infrastructure (Matthew Johnson – The Jamestown Foundation)

The PRC is exporting an integrated system of smart devices, data infrastructure, and governance standards. Through industrial policy, state-backed overproduction, and strategic data asymmetry,...

PLA Navy Shifts Training Focus from Near-Shore to Blue-Water Operations (Yu-cheng Chen, K. Tristan Tang – The Jamestown Foundation)

In June 2025, the Liaoning and Shandong carrier strike groups conducted operations in the Western Pacific, achieving three major milestones with significant strategic implications...

Unpacking the Trump Administration’s Plan to Win the AI Race (Navin Girishankar, Kirti Gupta, Matt Pearl, Philip Luck, James Andrew Lewis, Leslie Abrahams, Sujai...

On July 23, 2025, President Donald Trump signed three executive orders (EOs) on artificial intelligence (AI). These orders came shortly after the release of...

The Trump Administration Boosts Immediate Military Aid Deliveries to Ukraine (Mark F. Cancian and Chris H. Park – Center for Strategic & International Studies)

The administration’s latest announcement on military aid for Ukraine gives a moderate but useful “bump” to weapons delivery for the next eleven months. The Trump...

Putin may be miscalculating Trump’s resolve on Ukraine (John E. Herbst – Atlantic Council)

Forty minutes. That’s how long talks between Ukraine and Russia lasted on July 23 in Istanbul. This was enough time to announce a prisoner...

How Pakistan won over the US leadership after years of isolation (Adnan Aamir – The Interpreter)

It was telling of the sensitivity around Pakistan’s diplomacy with the United States that reports emerged this week about India lodging a protest after...

The Dalai Lama’s succession: A moment for global solidarity (Lisa Singh – The Interpreter)

The Dalai Lama’s statement this month that his successor would be selected by the traditional process of reincarnation has heartened the millions of followers...

Undersea sensors—a US trump card China knows it must eliminate (David Axe – The Strategist)

Unseen, largely unknown and, until recently, highly classified, the US Navy’s vast network of underwater sonars is one of its greatest advantages over rival...
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