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Why Does the United States Not Block the Chinese Bank Helping Russia and Iran Evade Sanctions?

Zhejiang Chouzhou Commercial Bank as Part of the Financial Infrastructure for Sanctions Evasion and an Indicator of the Limits of U.S. Economic Pressure The Wall Street Journal investigation into the…

November 4, 2026China, Iran, Russia, USA

Geopolitics Intelligence ops

Cuba as a New Front in Geopolitical Confrontation: Why Washington Is Increasing Pressure on Havana and What Interests Russia and China Are Defending

The intensification of U.S. pressure on Cuba should be viewed not only as an attempt to bring about political regime change in Havana, but also as part of the broader…

October 27, 2026China, Cuba, Russia, USA

Geopolitics National Security

Orbán at the Helm of the UN: Why the Trump Administration May Back a Politician Close to Moscow—and How It Could Reshape International Diplomacy

Key Assessments Reports that Donald Trump's administration may promote former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for the post of UN Secretary-General warrant analysis not only as an international appointment but…

October 27, 2026China, Hungary, Orban, Russia, USA

Warfare

Chinese MANPADS in Russia: A Local Counter-Drone Tool or an Indicator of a New Level of Moscow-Beijing Military Partnership?

The appearance in a Russian state television report of an unidentified man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) with an air-defense unit in Rostov Oblast deserves attention less because of the system’s characteristics…

October 2, 2026China, MANPADS, Russia, USA

Economy Energy Geoeconomics Warfare

Rosneft – A7 – 2Rivers: How Oil Revenues Became a Financial Infrastructure for Sanctions Evasion

The leak of A7’s internal documents reveals the emergence of a parallel mechanism for international settlements in which export revenues from Russian oil provided the foreign-currency liquidity needed to pay…

September 24, 2026China, Russia, shadow fleet

influence ops Propaganda and Disinformation

Foreign Influence Operations in Italy: Assessing Russian, Chinese, and Iranian Information Warfare Against Democratic Institutions

In its latest report, the Italian Parliamentary Committee for the Security of the Republic (Copasir) concluded that Russia, China, and Iran are conducting coordinated disinformation and influence campaigns aimed at…

August 7, 2026China, Iran, Italy, Russia

Nonproliferation Psyops Warfare

China’s CBRN Training for Russia and the Nuclear Shadow over Ukraine

Reuters’ report on Chinese training for Russian forces in radiological, chemical, and biological protectionopens a serious window into the evolution of the Ukraine war, because it suggests that Moscow is preparing its military to function inside a…

July 1, 2026China, nuclear weapons, Russia

Geopolitics National Security

Europe’s Intelligence Challenge in an Emerging U.S.-China Bipolar World

Europe is entering a period of strategic uncertainty unprecedented since the end of the Cold War. As geopolitical competition increasingly centers on the rivalry between the United States and China,…

June 10, 2026China, EU, USA

National Security Warfare

Japanese Technologies in the Production Cycle of KN-23/KN-24 Missiles

Risks to Japan’s National Security and the Need for Enhanced Export Controls Analysis of debris from North Korean KN-23 and KN-24 ballistic missiles used by Russia in attacks against Ukraine…

June 2, 2026China, DPRK, Japan, Sanctions, USA

Geopolitics

Armenia as Russia’s Last Stronghold in the South Caucasus: Why the Kremlin’s Retreat Could Trigger a Wider Eurasian Geopolitical Collapse

The gradual erosion of Russian influence in Armenia may become one of the most strategically important geopolitical shifts in Eurasia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Armenia has long represented…

May 28, 2026Armenia, China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Turkiye, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan

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