China’s Economy Turning a Corner?
New retail, manufacturing, and industrial data suggest a tentative recovery for China’s economy, however real estate remains a concern.
Biding Time? China’s Slow Takeover of Russia’s Far East
The British, Germans, and Portuguese – all have relinquished their former colonies in China. Now only Russia remains, but for how long?
Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems: A Gamechanger Demanding Regulation
The risks surrounding Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS) demand swift and comprehensive regulation.
Central Asia’s Triangular Geopolitics: Russia, China, and the West
A new, post-Ukraine war paradigm is emerging in Central Asia, that of triangular alignment between the poles of global power.
BRI, PGII, and Global Gateway: Infrastructure Development Goes Global
Will capital-starved developing nations be the ultimate winner amid an overhaul of China’s Belt and Road and new Western forays into global infrastructure development?
Soy Prices Slip from Post-Pandemic Highs
While down from their post-pandemic highs, global soy prices are still beating a slow retreat to historical averages amid robust demand from China and inclement weather in major exporters.
Every War Is a Space War Now
With state and private interests increasingly taking on an orbital dimension, the establishment of wide-ranging and global regime regulating space activities has never been more important.
China Makes Strategic Inroads in the Indian Ocean
A recent scandal involving a PRC ‘research ship’ loitering near India-Maldives-Sri Lanka military exercises underscores China’s widening military and diplomatic footprint in the Indian Ocean region.
Japan’s Indo-Pacific Security Waiting Game in Cambodia
Amid high-profile port calls from MSDF destroyers in Cambodia, it’s important to differentiate what is tangible in terms of a potential geopolitical shift, from what is merely an exercise in optics.
Will BRICS Expansion Finally End Western Economic and Geopolitical Dominance?
BRICS expansion may empower the bloc and rebalance the global order, but any thoughts of replacing it remain premature.