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NARRATIVE: Drone Swarms Over Salisbury Plain — AUKUS Reinvents Undersea Warfare in the Indo-Pacific
On June 22, 2026, across the misty expanses of Salisbury Plain, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States conducted the Army Warfighting Experiment…
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…
INVESTIGATION: AUKUS Nuclear Submarines — the Truth Behind the June 2026 Drone Exercises
On June 22, 2026, Australia's Department of Defence proudly published the results of the Army Warfighting Experiment 2026: Australian, American, and British soldiers had…
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…
REPORT: Kim Jong Un's nuclear programme accelerates at a pace that seriously alarms Washington
On June 25, 2026, the 76th anniversary of the start of the Korean War, Kim Jong Un personally oversaw a series of weapons tests…
ESSAY: AUKUS, drones, and the Indo-Pacific — the Western response to Xi Jinping's expansionism
On the plains of Salisbury, England, the summer of 2026 witnessed something that would have seemed like science fiction a decade ago: Australian, American,…
OPINION: China and Its Treaties — The Country That Signs Everything and Respects Nothing
During the week of June 25, 2026, the Philippines published photos of a floating platform of approximately 28 square meters, equipped with a communications…
COLUMN: AUKUS and Its Swarm Drones — The Silent Response Beijing Hears Loud and Clear
On June 22, 2026, under near-constant rain in the difficult woods of Salisbury Plain in England, Australian, British, and American soldiers flew up to…
DECODING: China Pulls Its Platform — the Art of the Tactical Retreat in the South China Sea
In June 2026, the Philippines observed something unusual in the disputed waters around Scarborough Shoal: a Chinese floating platform of roughly 300 square feet,…