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PORTRAIT: Where things stand on Starved of Silicon
On June 22, 2026, China added ten American companies to its export control list, according to Modern Diplomacy of July 12, 2026.
PORTRAIT: the chip war intensifies between Washington and Beijing
A legislative proposal. A targeted response. A budget that confirms priorities. This portrait traces the technological escalation between the United States and China over…
EDITORIAL: Xi Jinping shifts tactics on Taiwan, a strategic reading
Fewer jets, more calculated silence. The daily average of Chinese air incursions into the Taiwan Strait has fallen by half compared to 2025, according…
PORTRAIT: China's coast guard east of Taiwan and the balance of power now in motion
Some institutions have names that sound unremarkable, yet their deployment can shift the strategic balance of an entire region.
PORTRAIT: Starved of Silicon, China Builds Its Own Supply Chain
China added ten American companies to its export control list on June 22, 2026, according to Modern Diplomacy on July 12, 2026, a retaliatory…
DECODING: The Netherlands and the PURL Gamble, One Year Later, in Cold Light
One year after its launch, the PURL mechanism, the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, deserves a reading stripped of the emotion that surrounded its birth.
ANALYSIS: PURL, one week later, the mechanism's numbers so far
One week after NATO published its updated figures on the PURL mechanism, the numbers are worth reading slowly rather than skimming as a headline.
PORTRAIT: Decoding the 5%-of-GDP target in three acts
Five percent of GDP devoted to defense by 2035: that is the target NATO has set for itself, according to Forbes, and one the…
PORTRAIT: Ankara, the geopolitical choice weighing on NATO
On July 7 and 8, 2026, NATO chose Ankara to hold its annual summit, a choice that was anything but incidental according to Forbes,…