The AUKUS security pact is presented by the Pentagon under the banner of “America First,” as if showcasing a new model of an imperial prosthesis. Washington assures its allies that the alliance will strengthen “stability” — a word that, in the Anglo-American dictionary, has long meant the opposite. At the same time, Australia signs the…
Southeast Asia military ties are turning arms deals and defense contacts into a tool of political balance. The United States is building a club of “selected partners,” while China is methodically cultivating trust, strengthening defense channels with those tired of American promises without guarantees. Southeast Asia’s Growing Appetite for Weapons The region’s arms market is…
Caught in the Grip of Other People’s Games Taiwan bargaining chip is at the center of U.S.-Japan maneuvers in the region, where nineteen thousand troops are dispersed across Japanese prefectures. Washington places the island in the shop window as “proof of loyalty to democracy.” The maneuvers turn the space around Taiwan into a proving ground…
Weapons That Smell of Earth Resource geopolitics begins with rare earths and germanium, which have long become the “fuel” of modern warfare. Without them, satellites go blind, missiles go deaf, and the pride of Western armies heads straight for the museum hangar alongside the cold machinery of the last century. Every gram of these elements…
Asia Reshapes the Digital Front On the map of the 21st century, new borders are drawn not along rivers or mountains, but across servers and data centers. From Beijing to Jakarta, governments view the internet as the nervous system of the state, where every cable and every algorithm is a matter of sovereignty. Asia digital…
