Western Intelligence Sees Russia Stalled in Ukraine But Warns of Growing NATO Exposure
Western intelligence agencies have concluded that Russia is unlikely to achieve a decisive breakthrough against Ukrainian forces in the near...
Power Competition
Air Force Insists Its China Research Center Lives On. The Man Running It Calls That a Fiction.
The U.S. Air Force is publicly maintaining that its premier China-focused research center remains operational, even as the institute's own...
Satellite Imagery Points to Chinese Vessel Designed to Deploy and Recover Large Drone Submarines
Commercial satellite imagery and open-source analysis have produced new evidence that China is constructing a large surface vessel designed specifically...
Pentagon’s China-Focused Think Tank Faces Civilian Workforce Reduction Under Broader DoD Cuts
The U.S. Air Force is moving to reduce civilian staffing at the China Aerospace Studies Institute, a research organization embedded...
Beijing Dismisses Trump’s Battleship Revival as Obsolete, While Pentagon and Congress Remain Divided
President Donald Trump's proposal to reactivate retired U.S. Navy battleships has drawn a sharp rebuke from Chinese military commentators, who...
Pentagon Moves to Preserve China Aerospace Studies Institute Amid Sweeping Civilian Workforce Cuts
The U.S. Air Force's China Aerospace Studies Institute — a key analytical body dedicated to tracking Chinese military aerospace developments...
Washington Pushes Beijing to Establish Emergency AI Risk Channel After Trump-Xi Summit
The United States is pushing China to establish a dedicated communication channel for managing artificial intelligence-related risks and emergencies, a...
European Leaders Accelerate Defense Spending as Russia Threat Assessment Darkens
European governments and senior military officials are sounding increasingly urgent alarms about the deteriorating security situation on the continent's eastern...
Satellite Imagery Reveals Activity at Chinese Shipyard Tied to Next-Generation Submarine Program
New satellite imagery has captured what analysts believe to be significant activity at a Chinese naval shipyard associated with Beijing's...
Trump Warns Europe Against Bringing Canada Into Its Economic Bloc, Threatening New Trade Retaliation
President Donald Trump threatened to impose new trade measures against the European Union if the bloc moves forward with granting...
