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Column· No. 461

COLUMN: China Wants 9 Aircraft Carriers — And It Has Nothing to Do With Defense

In May 2026, satellite images captured above the Dalian shipyard in northeastern China revealed something Western strategists had been dreading for years: a 286-meter…

Analysis· No. 460

ANALYSIS: The AI Boom Is Choking East Asia — Kaohsiung and Yongin Pay the Price

On June 19, 2026, journalist Yujie Xue of Nikkei Asia published an article with a sober title but devastating content: "The AI boom is…

Analysis· No. 459

DECODING: Chinese Chips via Singapore and Malaysia — The Bypass Worrying Washington

On June 20, 2026, researcher Jing Ge of the East Asia Forum published an analysis that passed almost unnoticed in the noise of the…

Analysis· No. 457

ANALYSIS: The MIIT Plan 2026-2028, Beijing's Industrial Weapon Against the West

On June 18, 2026, seven Chinese government ministries — led by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), with the National Development and…

Analysis· No. 455

DECODING: Japan "Offensive" — Beijing Attacks, Tokyo Responds, the Indo-Pacific Trembles

On June 22, 2026, the PLA Daily — the official mouthpiece of the People's Liberation Army and one of the rare media outlets whose…

Analysis· No. 454

ANALYSIS: Taiping Island, First Chinese Incursion and the Anatomy of a Strategy

On June 11, 2026, at 8:28 a.m., two Chinese government vessels — the Sansha Zhifa 301 and the Sansha No 2, both managed by…

Analysis· No. 450

ANALYSIS: US-EUROPE-UKRAINE NEGOTIATIONS — REALITY OR DIPLOMATIC THEATRE

On June 23, 2026, the Institute for the Study of War published its daily assessment of the Russian offensive campaign. In that document, one…

Analysis· No. 449

DECODING: RUSSIAN REFINERIES ON FIRE — KYIV STRIKES PUTIN'S OIL ARTERY

In June 2026, something changed in the nature of this war — not on the Kostiantynivka front, not in the diplomatic negotiations around the…

Analysis· No. 447

ANALYSIS: LAVROV AT THE G7 — RUSSIA IS SEARCHING FOR WHAT TRUMP REALLY PROMISED IT

On June 24, 2026, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made a statement that reveals less Moscow's strength than its disarray. "We are trying to…

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