An industrial tripwire approach for saving Taiwan
The US has strategic interests in Taiwan, in part because of its geopolitical location in the center of the First...
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Ground softening for big Russian offensive
It is still too early to say whether the direction of the Ukraine war has changed, but there is increasing...
North Korea to ‘drastically boost’ missile production
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for a drastic boost in missile production, according to state-run media. Kim...
PRC’s aggression in South China Sea needs to be defeated
A hard lesson from the 1930s and from the Cold War is that aggression must be checked when it occurs....
What could cyber attacks like China’s Volt Typhoon do with emplaced malware?
Editor's Note: This article also appeared in Col. John Mills' Substack. When public reports began in May about Chinese malware...
North Korea is preparing for ‘offensive’ war
What is North Korea thinking? North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the military to ramp up war preparations in an “offensive...
Will the US support armed intervention in Niger?
US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland came to Niger and demanded to see the former president, currently under...
Israel has submarines armed with nuclear weapons
Iran and Israel’s ongoing “shadow war” might become something more kinetic in the near future. Israeli officials have made it...
Saudi Arabia’s Ukraine peace talks agree on nothing
The Saudi Arabia-sponsored “peace talks” failed to accomplish anything. Ukraine was hoping to bring on board more “neutral” countries supporting...
Russian and Chinese warships sailed near America’s ‘military backyard’
For decades, Russia and China have shared a fervent distrust of the West and contempt for what they perceive as...
Lai’s stopover will be Beijing’s excuse for Taiwan invasion rehearsal
Since Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui’s June 1995 visit to his alma mater, Cornell University, to give the commencement address, China...
More Bakhmut fighting may see war end – or expand
No matter what pronunciamentos may come from Washington, the Russian government is expecting greater attacks on Russian territory – especially...
China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber: A problem for the US?
Following the debut of the American B-21 strike stealth bomber in December, the U.S. military demonstrated to the world that all three legs of its nuclear...
It’s wishful to think Putin’s system is falling apart
Editor's Note: This piece by Jamie Dettmer features quotes from CSP Senior Analyst for Russian and European Affairs, Andrei Illarionov....
The command center attacks in Russia and Ukraine
The Russian Defense Ministry has reported that on the evening of July 28, Russia attacked a Ukrainian command post in Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk)...
The way to take on China is to make it personal
The United States has belatedly recognized the People’s Republic of China is a threat, and it’s trying to do something about...