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Is Russia readying a nuke to blow up Starlink?

US officials are ringing alarms about Russia’s new nuclear anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon, a deployment that could transform Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) space into a dangerous no-man’s land. This month, multiple media sources reported that US officials have recently revealed concerns

Myanmar’s faltering junta in a do-or-die offensive

After six disastrous months of serial defeat, Myanmar’s military has finally swung back onto the offensive with a high-stakes campaign already teetering precariously between success and further failure. Troops have been locked for the past three weeks in the army’s single

All investor eyes on Xi in Europe

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s two-day state visit to France starting Monday, coupled with stops in Serbia and Hungary, is garnering significant attention from global investors amid escalating trade tensions between China and the European Union (EU). With ongoing EU probes

China’s floating nuke plants up South China Sea ante

China’s controversial plans to deploy floating nuclear reactors in the South China Sea could recalibrate the region’s power dynamics while sparking dangerous new tensions with the United States and its regional partners and allies. This month, The Washington Post reported that

Debunking China’s overcapacity myth

During the past four years, China shifted the preponderance of its exports to the Global South away from developed markets, and at the same time built production facilities across the Global South that re-export to developed markets—circumventing America’s 25% tariff on most