Data Cutoff: June 25, 2025 The China–Taiwan Weekly Update is a joint product from the Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute. The update supports the ISW–AEI Coalition Defense of Taiwan project, which assesses Chinese campaigns against Taiwan, examines alternative strategies for the United States and its allies to deter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression, […]

Japan will begin building bomb shelters next year on its remote islands closest to Taiwan amid fears that its far western territory could become a legitimate target for Chinese missiles if China and the United States go to war. The plans point to a possible scenario in which Beijing orders preemptive strikes against major U.S. and allied bases in the […]

Contrary to the popular assessments of the Sino-Russian strategic partnership, Chinese and Russian national interests primarily converge in the Asia Pacific and Arctic, not in Europe and Ukraine. For the last two decades, the United States has not paid adequate attention to this convergence at our peril. Overall assessments by the US national security community, think-tanks, and academia of the […]

As the most populous and historically most economically and strategically powerful state in South Asia, India for decades has wielded considerable influence throughout the subcontinent. In some places, like Bhutan, it essentially controlled the country’s foreign policy for decades and still has massive influence. In Nepal, India for years wielded so much power, through its investments in the country and […]

On June 20, a senior female Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, carrying a bounty of Rs. 800,000, was killed in a gun battle with Security Forces (SFs) on the Kotri riverbank near the forested hills between Amatola and Kalpar villages under Chhotebethiya Police Station limits in the Kanker District of the Bastar division of Chhattisgarh. Based on credible intelligence […]

Maoists: Persistent threat, aggressive consolidation On June 20, a senior female Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadre, carrying a bounty of Rs. 800,000, was killed in a gun battle with Security Forces (SFs) on the Kotri riverbank near the forested hills between Amatola and Kalpar villages under Chhotebethiya Police Station limits in the Kanker District of the Bastar division of […]

The Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam is 200 odd kms from the LoC, inside the Kashmir Valley. It is not a border town that someone can sneak into the area at will, kill civilians and go back unscathed. The CRPF and Army camp is barely 5-7 kms away from Baisaran. It defies logic that in one of the most militarized zones […]

Israel’s military campaign against Iran has exposed the chasm between China’s great power rhetoric and its ability to meaningfully shape events in the Middle East. To be sure, Beijing backs Tehran as its biggest buyer of sanctioned crude oil, and both describe their relationship as a “comprehensive strategic partnership.” Yet Beijing has so far confined its response to condemnatory statements […]

Un contexte explosif Depuis plusieurs années, le climat international est marqué par une montée des tensions, des sanctions économiques et des démonstrations de force. Les grandes puissances s’affrontent par médias interposés, et chaque décision semble précipiter le monde vers une nouvelle ère de confrontation. La Chine et la Russie, longtemps cibles de pressions et de critiques, ont décidé de ne […]

La Chine pourrait-elle devenir une puissance mondiale en matière de politique énergétique grâce aux centrales à thorium qui sont actuellement en construction ? Le vent et le soleil sont dépassés ; à la place, la République populaire travaille à une fourniture d’énergie stable, abordable et durable pour l’avenir. Et l’Occident ? Il reste simplement spectateur. Alors que l’Europe lutte dans […]