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 […]
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The “asymmetric cost” model—a war the US starts will ultimately cost the other side far more—has proven vital to sustain the illusion of American invincibility and to limit domestic political resistance to US military adventurism. Now, Iran has broken it. Read More Here
Decades of preparation are paying off. Read More Here
A war with Iran will be a disastrous strategic detour for the United States as it seeks to compete diplomatically, economically, militarily, and technologically with China. Read More Here
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Chinese readout says Xi urged caution on US arms sales to Taiwan as Trump pledged dialogue to keep bilateral relations positive and stable. Read More Here
China’s highest-ranking military official under Xi Jinping was brought down in a fresh purge over the weekend, sparking existential questions for the People’s Liberation Army along with China watchers worldwide.
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