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Are China and Russia Near a Full-Blown Alliance?

World
From Syria in the Middle East, to Venezuela in South America to Mali in West Africa and beyond, Russia’s military influence has increased to the extent that, in September 2021, Moscow signed military cooperation agreements with Africa’s two most populous nations, Nigeria and Ethiopia, challenging the traditional dominance of the US and France on the African continent.

How to Read Military and Trade Relations between China and Israel

World
Read: US-Indonesia Maritime Collaboration in the South China Sea: Harbinger of an Expanded Quad-Plus?Multifaceted partnerships have been formed between China and Israel in technology, trade, services, investments, and commercial tourism as well as the organization of dozens of events, receiving delegations of commercial establishments on a yearly basis, and establishing contacts with giant Chinese companies.

Jens Stoltenberg on the Rise of China: Is NATO Pivoting to the Indo-Pacific?

World
Read: US-Indonesia Maritime Collaboration in the South China Sea: Harbinger of an Expanded Quad-Plus?China’s increased net-savviness is reflected in its use of social media, exemplified by the ‘Wolf Warrior’ breed of militant diplomats, the ‘Fifty Cent Army’ of paid, pro-CCP internet trolls, and foreign-born, pro-CCP social media influencers, for highlighting the governance shortfalls in Beijing’s adversaries, whilst simultaneously covering up China’s own shortcomings in governance.

Will AUKUS Be Able to Encircle China?

Security
nder American hegemony, Asia Pacific has experienced the longest period of peace since the start of the Industrial Revolution, but the emergence of China as a rival power has created a sense of insecurity not felt in the region since Imperial Japan invaded Nanjing in 1937, and then soon after the rest of southeast Asia.