North Korea has announced two major advancements in its defense capabilities. Kim Jong Un guided the construction of a new 8,700-ton nuclear-powered submarine and observed a successful test of high-altitude long-range anti-air missiles.

Inside North Korea’s Hidden Global Power Explore North Korea’s surprising global influence, from Africa to Latin America, and its unexpected ties with historic movements and leaders. www.youtube.com/live/7vlNIo-...

One of the most strategically critical and hotly contested regions on the planet: East Asia’s tense waters. The full recording of our interview is now live on my channel. www.youtube.com/live/xvKJsCe...

🔴#LIVE Arming 🇹🇼#Taiwan: Inside the 🇺🇸#US-🇨🇳#China Military Shadow www.youtube.com/live/kgY0UiT...

🇹🇼#Taiwan sits at the heart of great-power competition. Most recently, 🇯🇵#Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi warns a Chinese invasion would be an existential threat to Japan. The 🇺🇸#USA approves a record $11.1B arms package for Taiwan 🇨🇳#Beijing responds sharply. Watch my latest👇 youtube.com/live/y08FsFu...

🎙️ The full recording of my interview with Dr. Yu-Hua Chen on the latest developments involving Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States is now available on my channel. #China #japan #taiwan #usa #SouthChinaSea www.youtube.com/live/Rr8f__5...

🎙️ The full recording of my interview with Dr. Yu-Hua Chen on the latest developments involving Japan, China, Taiwan, and the United States is now available on my channel. #China #japan #taiwan #usa #SouthChinaSea www.youtube.com/live/Rr8f__5...

🇹🇼#Taiwan sits at the heart of great-power competition. Most recently, 🇯🇵#Japan’s PM Sanae Takaichi warns a Chinese invasion would be an existential threat to Japan. The 🇺🇸#USA approves a record $11.1B arms package for Taiwan 🇨🇳#Beijing responds sharply. Watch my latest👇 youtube.com/live/y08FsFu...

🔴#LIVE Arming 🇹🇼#Taiwan: Inside the 🇺🇸#US-🇨🇳#China Military Shadow www.youtube.com/live/kgY0UiT...

Join us tomorrow for the 10th annual ROK–U.S. Strategic Forum, @csis.org's signature event in DC convening senior officials, policymakers, and leading experts to examine key issues shaping the U.S.–ROK alliance, co-hosted with Korea Foundation. RSVP: www.csis.org/events/rok-u...

🚨 #AI meets Nuclear Weapons. Today, I’m joined by two expert researchers to analyze the dangerous integration of AI into nuclear command control systems (NC3), with a specific focus on the India-Pakistan dynamic. youtube.com/live/8ttqt9u...

🚨 #AI meets Nuclear Weapons. Today, I’m joined by two expert researchers to analyze the dangerous integration of AI into nuclear command control systems (NC3), with a specific focus on the India-Pakistan dynamic. youtube.com/live/8ttqt9u...

A short clip from my recent interview with Dr. Benjamin Blandin on East Asia’s tense waters and the developments shaping the region. ✔️South China Sea ✔️East China Sea ✔️Yellow Sea ✔️West Phillipines Sea ✔️North Natuna Sea ✔️Taiwan Full interview is available at the link: www.youtube.com/live/xvKJsCe...

New interview with Natalie Treloar on Emerging Regional Deterrence Frameworks We explored how regional powers are adapting to the growing strategic competition and what this means for the future of stability in the Indo-Pacific Watch the full interview at the link! www.youtube.com/live/BsOsRVa...

One of the most strategically critical and hotly contested regions on the planet: East Asia’s tense waters. The full recording of our interview is now live on my channel. www.youtube.com/live/xvKJsCe...

Join us LIVE as we dissect the most critical and potentially dangerous intersection in modern warfare: the integration of Artificial Intelligence into the nuclear command and control (NC3) systems of nuclear-armed states, specifically focusing on India and Pakistan. www.youtube.com/live/8ttqt9u...

The joint fact sheet states that Korea “committed to spending US$25 billion on US military equipment purchases by 2030, and shared its plan to provide comprehensive support for US Forces Korea amounting to US$33 billion in accordance with ROK legal requirements.” english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

The U.S. chief of naval operations has said it will be a "natural expectation" if Washington anticipates that the South Korean Navy utilizes a nuclear-powered submarine, when built, to help counter Chinese threats. m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

Colby; South Korea as the first non-NATO treaty ally that has committed to increasing defense spending to 3.5 percent of its GDP, highlighting the Trump administration's desire to work with "partnerships" rather than "dependencies." t.co/di5Gt4HY1R m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

United States has officially approved South Korea's push to build nuclear-powered submarines and voiced its support for the ally's drive to secure uranium enrichment and spent nuclear fuel reprocessing capabilities m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

China's ambassador to South Korea has expressed "concerns" over South Korea's pursuit of a nuclear-powered submarine, saying it is directly related to the international nuclear nonproliferation regime and calling for Seoul's "prudence." m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN2025...

RARE EARTHS AND GREAT POWERS: Inside China’s Political and Economic Agenda www.youtube.com/live/EF8bK3E...

Inside North Korea’s Hidden Global Power Explore North Korea’s surprising global influence, from Africa to Latin America, and its unexpected ties with historic movements and leaders. www.youtube.com/live/7vlNIo-...

A recent CNN analysis of satellite imagery, maps, and government records reveals a sharp increase in China’s missile production facilities since 2020. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/07/w...

RARE EARTHS AND GREAT POWERS: Inside China’s Political and Economic Agenda Join us tonight at 9:00 PM GMT for a live discussion on the strategic importance of rare earth elements in the context of China’s Fourth Plenum and the outcomes of the APEC Summit www.youtube.com/live/EF8bK3E...

Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM): "President Trump did not have to furlough 80% of the workers who maintain our nuclear weapons stockpile - he chose to. Just like he chose to fire workers at the National Nuclear Security Administration earlier this year" sourcenm.com/2025/10/22/n...

🎙️ Beyond Nukes: Inside North Korea’s Hidden Global Power Record is available now! youtube.com/live/7vlNIo-...

Very preliminary look at my next book cover. Entitled “Reds, Revolutions and Rebellions: How China, Cuba, and Vietnam Transformed Guerilla Warfare,” it is scheduled to come out in summer 2026 with Cornell University Press.

🎙️ This week, in my interview series on IR, I’ll be joined by Dr. Benjamin R. Young (@dubstepindprk.bsky.social) as we bring North Korea to the table for discussion. Subscribe to my YouTube channel and click the notification bell to get alerts when we go live. www.youtube.com/live/7vlNIo-...

Chinese tech giants, including Alibaba-backed Ant Group and e-commerce group JD.com, have paused plans to issue stablecoins in Hong Kong after the government raised concerns about the rise of currencies controlled by the private sector. finance.yahoo.com/news/chinese...

The Chinese government announced sanctions targeting five US subsidiaries of Hanwha Ocean. Sanctions follow US Section 301 probe, targeting Korea-US shipbuilding cooperation. www.chosun.com/english/indu...

Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said that he “cannot agree” with US Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll’s recent statement that US Forces Korea (USFK) ought to respond to threats posed both by North Korea and China. english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent has said that Donald Trump and Xi Jinping still plan to meet this month despite a recent flare-up in trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. www.ft.com/content/ca3b... via @ft

In a commentary, the PLA Daily said China’s military had yet to achieve a “deep integration” of “equipment, battlefields, personnel and training conditions”, which was causing shortcomings in joint operations. www.scmp.com/news/china/m...

North Korea and Vietnam signed a series of cooperation agreements covering defense, foreign affairs, and health during a visit by Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam to Pyongyang, the first trip by a Vietnamese leader to North Korea in nearly two decades.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Pyongyang to attend the 80th anniversary celebrations of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and pay an official goodwill visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). t.co/DJ6JiIRCBj

China’s Premier Li Qiang will go to North Korea this week in the highest-level visit by a Chinese leader since 2019. Li will lead a government delegation from Thursday to Saturday to attend events marking the 80th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea. apnews.com/article/chin...

Analysis: A storm of PLA purges rages on ahead of key party meeting asia.nikkei.com/editor-s-pic...

🚨New Publication Alert🚨 ''The alignment of nuclear triangle: Strategic implications for U.S.-PRC power dynamics in East Asia and the Pacific'' www.tandfonline.com/eprint/ZUKKD...

📢 My latest piece A New Era on the Korean Peninsula What kind of foreign policy pragmatism does the presidency of Lee Jae-myung promise for South Korea? Full analysis in the article ⬇️ Note: Translation tools may assist non-Turkish readers. www.turkiyearastirmalari.org/2025/06/05/y...

🇰🇵North Korea Officially Praises Military Role in Russia-Ukraine War Through Kursk Liberation Operations "WPK Central Military Commission Highly Praises Combat Sub-units of Armed Forces of DPRK for Performing Heroic Feats in Operations to Liberate Kursk Area of Russian Federation."

China’s 2010 rare earth embargo reshaped global supply chains overnight. While Japan diversified and reduced its dependency, the U.S. remains reliant on China 15 years later, leaving key industries like defense and tech exposed to strategic vulnerabilities. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/b...

Nuclear Triangle ''North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to visit Russia in the coming months, according to the Kremlin, prompting speculation that he might join his Chinese and Russian counterparts in Moscow’s Red Square for Victory Day on May 9.'' www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

⚛️How does China view South Korea's nuclear debate? @csis.org @korea.csis.org Newsletter Dr. Sungmin Choi: "If South Korea develops nuclear weapons, China may take extreme measures to prevent it, potentially including missile strikes." Read more🔽:

The Korean government held a ministerial meeting led by Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok and announced that efforts will proceed to establish the trilateral FTA with Japan and China at the earliest possible moment while rolling out already-sealed agreements koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-04...

NATO's Secretary-General Mark Rutte: “Let us not be naive about China,” “The build-up of their armed forces and investments in their defence industry, and in their defence capabilities, is staggering,” www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-as...

North Korea has issued a strong statement warning that the US-Japan co-production of the AIM-120 missile will deepen regional instability. This move, they argue, is not merely about defense but a shift toward a more assertive military posture. Here are the key takeaways:

South Korea wants to sell submarines to Canada as relations sour with U.S. The country sent a delegation to Canada to pitch itself as a reliable source of military equipment. ottawacitizen.com/news/nationa...

Kim Yo Jong says Pyongyang 'considering' nuclear weapon event after US aircraft carrier arrives in ROK.

Three major ports in China have already implemented or are planning to adopt the DeepSeek AI for greater efficiency and service quality. www.scmp.com/economy/chin...