Diplomacy & International Relations

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...

New EU regulation to track crypto transfers and ban privacy coins (Digital Watch Observatory)

The European Union is set to introduce new measures under its Anti-Money Laundering Regulation (AMLR) to track cryptocurrency transfers. The EU aims to gather...

China launches advanced Tianji 4.0 quantum control system (Digital Watch Observatory)

A Chinese startup, Origin Quantum, has unveiled Tianji 4.0, a cutting-edge superconducting quantum measurement and control system capable of supporting quantum computers with over...

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