"A strike meant to weaken hard-liners could actually speed up the uniting of leaders around a wartime mindset." foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/23/t...

The bigger concern is the quality and experience of the newly promoted officers. www.nbcnews.com/world/asia/x...

The Type-03 medium-range surface-to-air guided missiles are expected to be stationed at Camp Yonaguni during fiscal 2030. Read more at: www.stripes.com/theaters/asi... Source - Stars and Stripes

"The folks in Riyadh, Abu Dhabi, and Doha will not need formal U.S. security guarantees. AI is the mother of all insurance policies." foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/23/g...

Should citizens be held accountable for the actions of their governments? globalaffairs.org/commentary/a...

Distillation is a normal practice used by AI companies in which a “teacher” model is prompted with specifically tailored inputs, and the answers provided allow a “student” model to rapidly improve. gizmodo.com/anthropic-sa...

The first time in Taiwan’s history that the heads of all five branches came together for a reception. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

Civil servants and other officials are risking their careers to leak essential stories that inform the public on how their rights are being breached. foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/30/m...

"American promises to foster greater prosperity and better governance now elicit eye rolls throughout Asia." www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

"The regime will be accountable to the United States and its own people for any interference … the United States stands ready to surge even greater direct support to the Cuban people. The corrupt regime must simply permit it." www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

"It is quite unusual for USFK to conduct a major drill over the West Sea unilaterally, not during a scheduled joint exercise with South Korea. The operation near China’s ADIZ suggests the move was clearly aimed at Beijing." www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/d...

56 percent of the profits of the Takhar project reportedly go to Taliban authorities. foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/20/t...

Khanna said Congress is currently advancing legislation to codify the six "stabilizing principles" through the Six Assurances to Taiwan Act. focustaiwan.tw/politics/202...

Surely Xi will bring this up with Trump www.armytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Upending Norms: Washington's long-held "Six Assurances" to Taiwan include not consulting with Beijing about arms sales to Taipei, meaning Trump may have infringed on the policy depending on the nature of his talks with Xi. www.newsweek.com/trump-says-h...

“This congressional support is important. But too many KMT / TPP politicians are pro-PRC. More effective ... cancel USA visas and green cards of KMT/TPP politicians’ relatives,” Newsham said. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

In what country does the deposed leader run for office 6 months later? www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/nepal-e...

Electric vehicles need electricity to run, but Cuba's current electricity landscape is heavily reliant on fossil fuels, with more than 95% of its electricity being generated from fossil sources. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

China Losing Face at WTO: “the export-led growth model that drove China’s growth for the past 40 years cannot drive China’s growth for the next 40,” says Okonjo-Iweala, the head of the WTO. www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/arc...

"I cannot let these madmen shape the world of my daughter's future." cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/5fJ...

A majority of Americans consider allowing Moscow to acquire the Ukrainian territories seized by Russia in the current war unacceptable (67%). globalaffairs.org/research/pub...

"If even a newspaper owned by one of the richest men in the world becomes intertwined with government, or cannot withstand political pressure, what does that signal to the rest of the media infrastructure?" foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/13/w...

"It is in Beijing’s interest to reiterate its peaceful intentions, and it is in Washington’s interest to reinstate its previous position that it 'does not support Taiwan independence.'" www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Although China does not publish the number of American visitors it has each year, it is widely accepted to be a mere fraction of what it was before the COVID-19 pandemic; indeed, very few Westerners are seen on the streets of Beijing these days. www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

Unlike Venezuela, where Russia and China mostly grumbled as Trump installed a friendlier head of state, regime change in Iran crosses a line that both care deeply about. Iran supplies drones to Russia and oil to China. www.taipeitimes.com/News/editori...

As Kausikan clearly states, in Southeast Asia, when it comes to China and the US, “none are entirely trusted” and “they are trusted and distrusted for different reasons in different domains.” www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/ar...

Last year, 221 Taiwanese who traveled to China were reported missing, were detained and interrogated, or otherwise had their personal freedom restricted, compared with 55 in 2024. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

“I only went to have fun and had no clue about who was going.” www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

Smart, Overdue, and Preemptive Strike: Washington would exclude China from participating in major global financial organizations if its actions directly threaten Taiwan’s security. www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/a...

"a coup d’état as the most plausible way Iran’s present system might fall" www.foreignaffairs.com/iran/how-ira...

"From Beijing’s perspective, such a war would function as a strategic diversion, tying down U.S. attention while China consolidates its position on Taiwan, the South China Sea, and critical technology supply chains." foreignpolicy.com/2026/02/11/i...

The compact microwave beam technology could disrupt satellite operations in low Earth orbit all the way from the ground. interestingengineering.com/space/china-...

Wikistrat hosted Dr. Richard Weitz to examine what this volatile first year reveals about President Trump's foreign policy instincts, how the world has adapted to his methods, and what the remainder of his term is likely to look like. www.wikistrat.com/post/trump-2...

Nvidia has not accepted the U.S. government's Know-Your-Customer (KYC) requirement as now drafted - to ensure China's military does not access the chips - among other conditions. www.reuters.com/world/china/...

The Mighty Hornet IV is being developed as a low-cost, cruise missile-like weapon, and the two sides aim to base a "large quantity" of the systems in Taiwan as both a deterrent and a wartime asset, according to Kratos. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Treasure Island www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

While “currently there is little risk of a war against Vietnam,” the Vietnamese planners write that “due to the U.S.’s belligerent nature we need to be vigilant to prevent the U.S. and its allies from ‘creating a pretext’ to launch an invasion of our country.” globalnews.ca/news/1165040...

"The real question for Xi is whether he can author the denouement that so far seems to have eluded him: a military that lives up to his unforgiving standards of party loyalty and operational proficiency." (not by 2027 in my opinion) www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-des...

"Xi has a long and well-documented history of hardhearted rationality. He does not generally act without reason." (IMO another reason why Xi will not risk an existential war with the US in the near term) www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-des...

"Zhang’s dismissal is thus the ultimate illustration of just how little trust Xi has in the PLA." (If so, Xi will struggle to build his confidence in the PLA's capability to take Taiwan by 2027) www.foreignaffairs.com/china/xi-des...

Given China’s National Intelligence Law, which can compel citizens and organizations abroad to assist in intelligence-gathering, the government is concerned about potential leaks, the official said. www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

"Can opposition parties' interests withstand the continued infiltration and erosion of national security by foreign forces like China? I think they will soon find out." asia.nikkei.com/editor-s-pic...

"the purged generals from the 31st Army Corps are seen as the ones with the most knowledge and experience in preparing for a Taiwan operation, and their removal may have damaged that historical know-how." www.foreignaffairs.com/china/perfec...

"China is now convinced that it is unlikely to see a U.S. president more indifferent toward Taiwan and more unlikely to intervene militarily in the Taiwan Strait than Donald Trump." www.foreignaffairs.com/china/perfec...

"Zhang opposed rashly launching a full-scale armed operation against Taiwan at this stage, when the PLA is still not capable of comprehensively countering potential U.S. intervention and Taiwan's defenses." focustaiwan.tw/cross-strait...

"U.S. policymakers and force planners should take Xi’s top-to-bottom purge of the officer corps as a sign of his impatience with the PLA’s failure to meet his operational requirements—and not mistake such impatience for fear or distrust of the military." www.foreignaffairs.com/china/unsett...

“There’s a risk that Xi Jinping is given bad advice by sycophants who tell him what he wants to hear,” he said. “That creates a risk of miscalculation.” www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/...

I used to live in Rio. I think it's important to know before you go that some of your tourist dollars are likely going to the gangs as protection money. apnews.com/article/braz...

"To be sure, a dulled officer corps might produce yes-men, but there is little indication that Xi has succumbed to the kind of delusional nationalism that Russian President Vladimir Putin experienced before invading Ukraine." foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/27/c...