America Is preparing for the wrong kind of crisis
‘We have lost everything’: extreme rainfall across Asia brings flash floods and typhoons
From Afghanistan to Taiwan, unprecedented deluge highlights devastating impact of climate breakdown
Taiwan Trip Report pt 3: Taipei
This post is part of a series. See the introduction here → Despite being the beginning of May Taipei was very warm. The sun …
After recent tests, China appears likely to beat the United States back to the Moon
An expert explains why this will be enormously bad for the United States.
Who’s Afraid of Chinese Models? (Stratechery Article 7-20-2026)
How a Chinese marketing network quietly injects political narratives into Taiwanese lifestyle content
A new investigation by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals how certain Facebook pages posing as lifestyle hubs for hobbies and health tips inject Beijing’s political narratives into their feeds to influence public opinion in Taiwan. These pages are tied to the China-based digital marketing company Wubianjie, which blends entertainment, disinformation and political messaging in cognitive warfare campaigns that are difficult to detect.
The Evolution of Russian and Chinese Air Power Threats
Russian and, particularly, Chinese capabilities now pose greater threats to Western air power than in 2020.
Fab Whack-A-Mole: Chinese Companies are Evading U.S. Sanctions
Huawei Fab Network, WFE Vendors Cry Wolf, Framework for Future Controls
Project Turtle
As worst-case scenarios rapidly unfold, will the US move to protect home base?
China urges U.S. to stop threatening sanctions against Chinese AI firms
China urges U.S. to stop threatening sanctions against Chinese AI firms-
The Internet Has Become Too American to Trust | The Walrus
Trump and Big Tech have fused into a new kind of threat
The Weaponized World Economy
When Washington announced a “framework deal” with China in June, it marked a silent shifting of gears in the global political economy. This was not the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s imagined epoch of “liberation” under unilateral American greatness or a return to the Biden administration’s dream of managed great-power rivalry. Instead, it was the true opening of the age of weaponized interdependence, in which the United States is discovering what it is like to have others do unto it as it has eagerly done unto others.
Asia scrambles to confront energy crisis unleashed by Iran war – with no end in sight
From fuel caps to four-day work weeks, the Middle East conflict has left the world’s top crude oil importing region desperate to shore up supplies
Natasha Walter: We’ve gone from climate denial to something worse – climate fatalism
The message in the western media, as global heating becomes undeniable, seems now to be that nothing can be done. That is unacceptable – especially for those in developing countries who are suffering so greatly from the crisis we created
