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East Asia

Silent Streets and Shifting Norms: Japan’s Weakening Pacifist Movement
ByTy Tan
Takaichi’s forward-leaning stance on Taiwan reflects the Japanese public’s decreased opposition to such rhetoric.

How Israel’s Embassy Lost China
ByYang Meng
A case study of the tenure of Israel’s outgoing ambassador shows a lack of effort to engage with Chinese thought leaders or combat rising antisemitism – until it was too late.

Bigger and Better: How China’s Fleet is Getting More Dangerous
ByAnna Matilde Bassoli
The shrinking gap between China’s quantitative shipbuilding advantages and the quality of its fleet is a wake-up call for the United States.

The Variables of OPCON: What ‘Conditions’?
ByClint Work
A look at how the definition of “Conditions-based OPCON Transition” has evolved over time.

Never Say Never: The Coming Rapprochement of Taiwan and Elon Musk?
ByCharles Mok
Changing geopolitics and tech supply chain competition may bring the two back from estrangement sooner rather than later. After all, they really need each other.

China’s Low Rights Model Goes Global
ByLi Qiang
China achieved manufacturing dominance thanks to its weaker protections for workers, communities, and the environment. Now it’s exporting that model.

‘Autocracy 2.0’: How China Reinvented Tyranny for the Innovation Age
ByMercy A. Kuo
Insights from Jennifer Lind.

China and Russia Seek to Deepen Defense and Security Cooperation
ByRajeswari Pillai Rajagopalan
Do not cling to hopes that either China or Russia will moderate the other.

China’s ‘White Paper’ Protests: 3 Years Later
BySophie Richardson
More than 100 people were arrested over the White Paper protests. Three years later, the status of many of those people remains unknown.

Former Defense Minister Nakatani Says Japan’s Next Submarine ‘Will Eventually Need Nuclear Propulsion’
ByTakahashi Kosuke
If Tokyo acquires nuclear-powered subs, it would be a significant strategic shift for the only nation to have suffered atomic bombings.

How China’s Smart City AI Is Moving Into Environmental Control
ByPeter Bo Zhang
AI infrastructure is being repurposed to provide real-time ecological data – and changing the structure of urban environmental management.

South Korea Eyes Defense Exports to Europe, Middle East
ByMina Pollmann
Seoul had apparently picked two priority regions in its quest to become a top-four global defense exporter.
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