Attack on Taiwan? #NationalSecurity, ASML: "we can remotely cripple TSMC's lithography machines"

#ArtificialIntelligence: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo releases strategic vision on AI safety, announces plan for global cooperation among AI Safety Institutes

#Geoeconomics, Chinese soft power: shipment of crude oil from Niger to China restarts

#Geoeconomics, Russia was China’s top oil supplier for the twelfth month in April

U.S. at UN: Russia could not sustain its war without support from North Korea, Iran and China

The US State Department continues to send "China Observers" to its embassies. Now it's Japan's turn

Agreement between China and Russia for a global strategic partnership and promote a new era. It is a substantial declaration of war on the post-WWII "rules-based international order"

The six reasons for Putin's visit to China

Vladimir Putin: "Russia and China are jointly opening a successful future for a global strategic partnership in a new era"

US threatens sanctions over India-Iran port deal

#Geoeconomics: Chinese companies win multiple oil & gas exploration projects in Iraq

Replacing Defense Minister: Why is Putin using Russia's wartime economic elites?

#Geoeconomics: as Beijing’s investment approach to Latin America focuses on industries of strategic importance, the EU and US will need to contend with growing Chinese competition

Asia-Pacific: large-scale overseas deployment of a fleet of Japanese naval vessels begins

The "Kinmen Method" for conquering the Taiwan Strait and the island. China's military power in the Indo-Pacific grows rapidly while the United States appears in great difficulty

Military: US reveals new nuclear warhead plan

#NationalSecurity: South Korea launches 52.7 billion semiconductor policy support project to "compete with major countries."

Serbia/China: Can Brzezinski's "Great Chess Game" be considered over in China's favor? Is Serbia destined to become a client of Beijing?

#Geopolitics: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan plan to boost South Asian trade with a new logistics hub

#Geoeconomics: Sinopec (China) and Total Energy (France) reach strategic cooperation agreement