Asia-Pacific Geopolitics Digest

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te declared the island will not abandon its freedom despite Chinese pressure, triggering swift denunciations from Beijing...

Taiwan's new domestically developed 105 mm wheeled armored fighting vehicle hit a moving target at 1.2 km and a stationary target at 1 km in its first...

The US Department of Justice and FBI seized seven domains to deny access to two intrusion tools used by China-linked hackers for scanning and hacking critical infrastructure.

China's updated defence mobilisation framework now frames a Strait of Malacca blockade as a direct threat to development interests, even absent any attack on sovereignty or territory.

Europe is now lecturing Washington on the Russian threat and preparing a new "second-strike" trade weapon against Chinese coercion on rare earths,...

US State Department called China's east-coast maritime activity "deeply destabilising", citing the first known Chinese militia boat sighting in August...

The Justice Department and FBI seized Microscan and FishHub tools used by Flax Typhoon actors at Integrity Tech to scan U.S. power companies and other...

Washington is reframing Pacific influence competition with China as a single problem of corruption, transnational crime, and state-linked...

The European Parliament rejected Beijing’s attempts to block Taiwan’s role in international organizations, framing this as part of broader EU...

Multi-service long-range vertical lift offers a runway-independent solution to resupply, mobility, and attrition challenges in a high-intensity...

Einar Tangen contends that U.S. influence is waning as Washington clings to hegemony amid a multipolar world.

• Financialization fallout: Corporate...

U.S. trade dependence varies dramatically, leaving some economies far more vulnerable to policy shifts than others.

• Mexico faces the highest...

A fresh historical narrative frames Taiwan's modern evolution as intertwined with geopolitical complexities and its persistent quest for self-determination.

China's intelligence operations against the US blend personal networks, family coercion, and simple cyber tricks to target people and tech.

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China is intensifying composite gray-zone tactics against Taiwan across cyber, economic, and maritime domains to extract concessions without...

Improved Beijing-Washington relations could create diplomatic openings for Tehran rather than erode its leverage, an Iranian researcher argues, citing...

Taiwan's de facto ambassador to Washington stated that US ties remained robust after last month's Trump-Xi summit, highlighting efforts to preserve unofficial relations amid questions over Taiwan's position.

The arrest of independent journalist Tang Ho-wing for filming an August 31 Prince Edward station gathering marks the first known sedition case against...

China's updated National Defense Mobilization Law, effective October 1, creates an elastic system to convert civilian capacity into military assets...

Beijing is prioritizing coercion short of invasion to isolate or control Taiwan, exploiting Western divisions and legal ambiguity.

• Preferred path:...