Diplomacy & International Relations

Trump’s science cuts threaten public research data (Bart Hogeveen – The Strategist)

US President Donald Trump’s cuts to scientific research create anxieties about the accessibility of research data. Scientists worldwide fear websites and data sets hosted...

One year on: no agreement for New Caledonia despite serious negotiations (Astrid Young, Adam Ziogas – The Strategist)

It’s been a year since massive riots shook New Caledonia, but progress towards a long-term agreement on the territory’s status has been slow. Last...

Taiwan worsens its vulnerability to a Chinese energy blockade (Jane Rickards – The Strategist)

Anyone would think that Taiwan, faced with a risk of blockade from China, would be doing all it could to ensure self-sufficiency or at...

New Ways to Frame Responsible Cyber Behaviour Beyond the UN (Louise Marie Hurel – RUSI)

Responsible cyber behaviour (RCB) refers to the collective expectations of state and non-state actors about how they should behave in cyberspace. ‘Behaviour’ in this...

Weaponizing the Electromagnetic Spectrum: The PRC’s High-powered Microwave Warfare Ambitions (Tin Pak, Yu-cheng Chen – The Jamestown Foundation)

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is rapidly expanding its arsenal of high-power microwave (HPM) weapons as part of its broader strategy to achieve dominance...

Taiwan Exposes More PRC Military Infiltration Cases (Yu-cheng Chen – The Jamestown Foundation)

Recent infiltration cases indicate that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has significantly intensified non-military espionage operations targeting Taiwan’s military, demonstrating strategic diversification beyond traditional...

Hong Kong’s IPO Market Gets Boost From PRC Firms (Matthew Fulco – The Jamestown Foundation)

Hong Kong’s IPO market is on track for its strongest year since 2021, raising $2.3 billion in the first quarter of 2025—driven entirely by...

PRC Logistics Firms in the United States and Mexico Support Military-Civil Fusion (Cheryl Yu – The Jamestown Foundation)

Beijing is expanding global logistics infrastructure under the direction of its military-civil fusion agenda, enabling commercial assets to serve national defense needs. Logistics companies...

Beijing Touts Malaria Victory in African ‘Discourse Power’ Push (Arran Hope – The Jamestown Foundation)

Beijing cannot and will not replace the United States’s former role in overseas aid, but it will seize opportunities to portray itself as playing...

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