Why did Taiwan spend part of this month deliberately slowing down its own mobile internet? The civil defence exercises that opened in early August are testing what the island’s communications — reliant on undersea cables — would feel like under blockade, with bandwidth throttled on purpose to see how citizens would talk to one another […]
While the world worries over the Iran war and continued friction over the Strait of Hormuz, it is necessary to keep a close eye on two upcoming elections that would determine the fate of the global economy and regional balance in the Middle East US midterms are on November 3 and Israel votes on October […]
Historians trace how US hopes of trade, reform and friendship gave way to rivalry with the power it once sought to transform. Read More Here
From revolutionary group to hi-tech machine, the PLA’s transformation has been a long pursuit of strength and self-reliance. Read More Here
The Middle East that is emerging out of the current upheaval looks a lot like the one that existed before it. Read More Here
Top leadership body will gather in Beijing, about a month after Xi Jinping is expected to travel to the United States. Read More Here
Devastating costs have been imposed on the Iranian economy—to unclear strategic ends. Read More Here
How Beijing Is normalising its control. Read More Here
Private companies are making Beijing look good in the developing world. Read More Here
Geopolitical rivalry does not end the need for trade cooperation, but the multilateral system must adapt. Read More Here
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