Publications

UN backs renewed talks on Morocco’s Western Sahara proposal;
UAE accused of supplying weapons to RSF;
Al-Qaeda-linked militants tighten fuel blockade;
The perils of Chinese mining;
Guinea seeks iron ore leverage

Wang Yi hosts Thai and Cambodian FMs for talks in Yunnan;
Russia vows to support China if it attacks Taiwan;
Beijing sanctions U.S. defense firms, seizes "non-existent" assets;
China proposes strict new rules to curb AI companion addiction;
Revised civil aviation law covers the "low altitude economy"

A polymer that heals on impact;
Navy tests first sea-based hypersonic launch;
Progress toward power beaming;
Sound waves expose hidden seafloor bombs;
Fix the data, fix the AI

Syria and the potential for instability
Algorithm-driven radicalization;
The morality police come to Chechnya;
Ra'am's murky furniture

Hong Kong Tai Po fires spur CCP resentment;
Mongolia seeks economic acceleration through expanded rail links;
China-Japan tensions deepen;
Pakistan and China launch joint counterterrorsim exercise;
Taiwan gains U.S. reassurance

The continued push for a Kremlin-backed messaging app;
Hamas hearts Al-Jazeera...
...As the BBC's bias is exposed;
Australia tightens social media guidelines;
U.S. army focuses on disinformation

A new push for "morality";
Domestic repression deepens;
Iran expands missile capabilities;
Iranian investors eye the exits

Washington pushes Europe on Energy decoupling;
Ukraine's potential nuclear disaster;
Iran's water crisis... and its effects;
India's national rare earth strategy;
U.S., EU combat China's critical minerals control

Yet another Russian General assassinated;
Russia's anti-Ukrainian lawfare;
Putin calls up reservists to protect infrastructure;
Russia's military continues to abuse its own soldiers

Connectivity Comes To Kashmir;
Bangladesh Looks Ahead To National Elections;
Chinese-Backed Militia Secures Control of Mines in Myanmar;
In Islamabad, Fears of Iranian Instability

Tit-for-tat among Ukraine's corruption watchdogs;
Kyiv contemplates becoming a drone exporter;
The murky status of military innovation;
Making military service more attractive