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NARRATIVE: New Zealand sounds the alarm on Chinese military presence in the Pacific
There is something almost melancholy about reading New Zealand's security calculus shift in real time. This is a country that defined its foreign policy…
ANALYSIS: Four Autonomous Drones to Watch Over Scarborough — Washington Against Beijing in the South China Sea
I am struck by the precision of the American response. Two weeks after China installed a floating platform at Scarborough, Washington delivers four autonomous…
DECODING: China exports its ethnic unity law — Taiwan and the world in its crosshairs
A law passed 2,756 to 6. Then a provision that applies outside China's borders. This is not a legislative accident. It is an architecture…
NARRATIVE: The $14 billion on hold — how Trump turned Taiwan's weapons into a bargaining chip
Fourteen billion dollars in weapons turned into a "bargaining chip." If anyone still doubts how Trump conceives of alliances, that phrase should be enough…
NARRATIVE: China Declares Economic War on Japan — 20 Entities Blacklisted
There is something almost clinical about the way Beijing wields these blacklists — like a surgeon who cuts precisely, never slashing. It is a…
REPORT: 90% of Russian missiles carry Japanese parts — Kyiv demands Tokyo close the gap
On June 30, 2026, Vladyslav Vlasiuk, Ukraine's presidential commissioner for sanctions, revealed through the Japanese outlet 47News citing Kyodo News a damning
REPORT: RIMPAC 2026 and the Liaoning — Two Armadas Face Off in the Pacific
On June 24, 2026, the RIMPAC exercise — Rim of the Pacific — officially began in Hawaii. Forty surface ships, five submarines,
ESSAY: Beijing Blacklists Japan — When Rare Earths Become a Weapon of Economic Destruction
On June 29, 2026, China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) added 20 Japanese entities to its export control list for dual-use goods. An
EDITORIAL: London's future Chinese mega-embassy could conceal a prison for dissidents
On June 29, 2026, the British daily The Telegraph revealed that Taiwan had warned British authorities of an extraordinary risk: the underground