Tag: China

China Struggles to Adjust to a Post-Assad Syria (Jesse Marks – Stimson Center)

When Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December 2024, China’s long-standing bet on the regime’s survival collapsed. For years, Beijing had quietly backed Assad as...

China’s Agrobiodiversity: From Rice Terraces to Seed Banks (Shoba Suri – Observer Research Foundation)

With its extensive and diverse agroecological zones, China ranks among the 12 global hotspots for agricultural biodiversity. This richness—deeply embedded in the country’s diverse...

History suggests Trump’s snapped back sanctions won’t deliver change in Venezuela (Christopher Sabatini – Chatham House)

Last week came some predictable news: Venezuela’s oil exports remained steady in May, even after US President Donald Trump’s administration reapplied sanctions on President...

Geostrategic magazine (13 June 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Azerbaijan-Vietnam; Belarus; Europe; G7-Canada; Hong...

Georgia Shifts Eastward Amid Strained Western Ties (Khatia Shamanauri – The Jamestown Foundation)

Georgia is increasingly turning toward the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Iran, and the United Arab Emirates, marking a sharp shift away from its...

China’s AI chip tool QiMeng beats engineers, designs processors in just days (Interesting Engineering)

As the US-China tech war intensifies, both nations are racing to secure independence in critical technologies. With Washington tightening access to advanced chip tools,...

Geostrategic magazine (10 June 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Australia; China; China-Multilateral Cooperation-WTO; Europe-Russia-Ukraine-NATO;...

Chinese credibility deficit (Harsh V. Pant, Atul Kumar – Observer Research Foundation)

China’s defence exports have historically faced a credibility deficit, rooted in persistent performance and reliability issues. Repeated cases, such as Thailand and Algeria replacing...

In Chinese Discussions of Pakistan, Balochistan – Not Kashmir – Dominates (Antara Ghosal Singh – Observer Research Foundation)

Much has been written about how the current round of India-Pakistan crisis might have brought the Kashmir issue back into the global limelight. In...

How China and Pakistan Work Against India (Harsh V. Pant, Rahul Rawat – Observer Research Foundation)

The China-Pakistan military partnership, driven primarily by shared competition with India, has found renewed geostrategic logic since August 2019. India’s recent Operation Sindoor and...

Geostrategic magazine (7 June 2025)

From global think tanksderweb The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Europe; India-Pakistan; Indonesia-OECD Anty Bribery...

China tests quantum gear on rocket to build unbreakable, secure comms link (Interesting Engineering)

China has performed a key test on a quantum-based network that could provide ultra-secure communications from space. The test took place during the two-minute...

Deep Down in the Stack: China’s Entrenchment in Serbia’s Technology Landscape (Sharinee Jagtiani – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Serbia, a land-locked nation with a population of under seven million, has emerged as a key player in the PRC’s Digital Silk Road (DSR)...

Russia and China in Central Asia’s Technology Stack (Dylan Welch – German Marshall Fund of the United States)

Central Asia’s role as a geopolitical battleground among Russia, China, Europe, and the United States has grown in recent years as Western countries seek...

Geostrategic magazine (5 June 2025)

From global think tanks The analyses published here do not necessarily reflect the strategic thinking of The Global Eye Today’s about: Australia; China-Taiwan; Europe-Indo Pacific; Gaza;...

Watching China in Europe—June 2025 (German Marshall Fund of the United States)

In Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel “The Sun Also Rises”, the Scottish war veteran Mike Campbell is asked how he slid into bankruptcy. “Gradually, then...