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The scheduling of Trump's May summit with Xi Jinping immediately before Xi's meeting with Putin reveals the limits of U.S. triangular diplomacy. Beijing has moved from hedging between Washington and Moscow to active partnership with Russia, making appeals for Chinese pressure on Moscow ineffective.
China's suspended death sentences for former Defense Ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu mark an escalation in Xi Jinping's military purge. This analysis examines why Xi imposed such severe punishments and what they reveal about the PLA's transformation into a fear-driven institution.
South Korea and the United States have debated wartime operational control transfer for over two decades without resolution. The impasse reflects fundamental tensions between military sovereignty and strategic stability, with both nations implicitly concluding that the current unified command structure serves their interests better than alternatives.
China's military-civil fusion strategy persists despite rhetorical retreat from public discussion. Beijing has rebranded rather than abandoned a core defence integration program that remains essential to military modernisation, creating persistent challenges for Western technology security policy.
The Iran crisis has exposed fundamental contradictions in US strategy across Asia, as Indo-Pacific allies, Central Asian energy exporters, and South Asian powers pursue independent courses based on their own economic and security interests rather than coordinated alignment with Washington.
Executive Summary Recent reports, including those from CNN regarding internal investigations within the Central Military Commission (CMC) that may touch upon Vice Chairman Zhang Youxia, suggest a profound and high-stakes power struggle within Beijing’s political core. As one of the…
From Crisis Response to Operational Normalcy: China’s Manned Space Program Navigating MMOD Threats with Strategic Resilience and Future Vision I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY State media reports confirm China’s plan to launch the uncrewed Shenzhou-22 (SZ-22) spacecraft to the Tiangong Space Station…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Japan’s confirmed plan to deploy anti-air missiles on Yonaguni Island, located just 110 kilometers from Taiwan, marks a critical step in the militarization of Japan’s “Southwest Defense Line.” I. STRATEGIC INTENT: Japan’s Southwest Defense Transformation Japan’s decision to…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The urgent, uncrewed launch of the Shenzhou-22 (SZ-22) spacecraft on November 25, 2025, to replace the damaged return module of Shenzhou-20 at the Tiangong Space Station (CSS), is a pivotal event. This rapid response demonstrates the People’s Republic…
Introduction As geopolitical tensions intensify across multiple regions—from Europe’s eastern flank to the Middle East and the Indo-Pacific—demand for advanced airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft is rising sharply. Sweden’s defence manufacturer Saab AB has now positioned its flagship…
