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OPEN LETTER: Madam von der Leyen, Europe Must Choose Between China and Itself
Madam President, allow me to begin with a number. In 2025, the European Union recorded its largest ever trade deficit with China: €360 billion.…
ESSAY: Why China No Longer Needs Nvidia — Technological Autonomy as a Doctrine of Power
In June 2026, China made official what many Western analysts still refused to accept: Beijing no longer needs Nvidia, AMD, or any other American…
COLUMN: DeepSeek V4 Pro — When China Open-Sources AI and Shakes Silicon Valley
On April 24, 2026, DeepSeek — a Chinese artificial intelligence laboratory based in Hangzhou, founded by hedge fund manager Liang Wenfeng — quietly published…
REPORT: Trump and China — Friend on Monday, Enemy on Friday, Strategist on the Weekend
On Thursday, June 25, 2026, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announces that China and the United States have agreed to establish a bilateral trade…
PROFILE: ASEAN Facing Beijing — Portrait of an Institution That Cannot Defend Itself
In June 2026, China positioned a floating platform inside the lagoon of Scarborough Shoal, a rocky formation disputed in the South China Sea, claimed…
COMMENTARY: The Hague 2016, the South China Sea and Ten Years of Sovereign Impunity
On July 12, 2016, the arbitral tribunal of The Hague constituted under Annex VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the…
INVESTIGATION: Venezuelan Oil Under Custody — How Moscow and Beijing Are Locking In the Post-Maduro Era
On January 3, 2026, U.S. special forces captured Nicolás Maduro under a federal arrest warrant for narco-terrorism. Within hours, Delcy Rodríguez became acting president…
COMMENTARY: Scarborough Shoal 2026 — Does the American Alliance Do Enough to Curb China in the Philippines?
In May 2026, Philippine authorities detected via satellite surveillance and maritime patrols a floating platform anchored inside the lagoon of Scarborough Shoal (Bajo de…
EDITORIAL: Beijing's grey-zone strategy in the South China Sea — a conquest without a declaration of war
In June 2026, Philippine authorities published photographs of a new Chinese floating structure installed near Scarborough Shoal, an atoll claimed by both Beijing and…