CIA Director’s Unannounced Trip to Moscow Ignites Cascade of Alarming Speculation
CIA Director John Ratcliffe made an unannounced trip to Moscow, a disclosure that has generated an extraordinary volume of competing...
Power Competition
US Military Advisers at Taiwan’s Han Kuang Drills Are Barely a Secret Anymore
American military personnel have been quietly embedded in Taiwan's largest annual war games for years, and the arrangement is becoming...
China’s Oil Purchases Are the Linchpin Keeping Iran’s Economy Afloat Despite Western Pressure
Western sanctions on Iran have tightened considerably in recent months, but a critical variable continues to undercut their effectiveness: China's...
U.S. Robotics Firms Face a Supply Chain Reckoning With China at Its Core
The United States robotics industry is confronting a structural vulnerability that echoes decades of warnings about overdependence on Chinese manufacturing...
Satellite Images of J-20-Shaped Outlines in China Turn Out to Be Ground Training Replicas
Satellite imagery that recently circulated online showing what appeared to be J-20 stealth fighter-shaped outlines arranged at a facility in...
Washington Escalates Sanctions Pressure on Tehran, but Enforcement Hinges on Beijing’s Cooperation
The Trump administration is intensifying its economic campaign against Iran, rolling out a new wave of sanctions designed to choke...
Russia’s Window at Tartus Has Closed for Good, and Its Mediterranean Ambitions With It
Russia's naval foothold at Tartus, Syria — the only base Moscow operated on the Mediterranean — has slipped permanently out...
China’s Humanoid Robots Break Speed Records. Turning Raw Performance Into Combat Utility Is Another Matter.
Chinese humanoid robots have crossed a threshold that would have seemed implausible just two years ago: machines developed by domestic...
Satellite Photos Show China’s Fifth Aircraft Carrier Advancing at Jiangnan Shipyard
New open-source imagery indicates that China has begun assembling what analysts believe to be its fifth aircraft carrier at the...
Satellite Imagery Reveals China Has Built a Sprawling New Island Base in the South China Sea
China has constructed a substantial new artificial island in the South China Sea, satellite imagery analyzed by The War Zone...
