Foreign Policy Research Institute

"Right after I conducted a big investigation into Chinese breaches, highlighting the extensiveness of it, I coined this phrase that there are two types of companies: those that know that they've been hacked and those that don't yet know" (8:54). Listen to the full conversation with @DAlperovitch on #ShiftingGround, an #OrbisJournal podcast. @NunnSchoolGT buff.ly/NMmNXwu

In a piece for Foreign Affairs, Michael Beckley writes, "Growth has slowed, globalization has become a contest, and great powers have grown more predatory. The result is not a world of ascendant middle powers but one in which the two top powers have more ways to bend others to their will."buff.ly/zVbyrCv

🆕 Dark Eagle in the Desert | Considerations for Deploying LRHW to CENTCOM by Sam Lair. He explains how the idea of deploying the long-range hypersonic weapon to target Iran’s mobile missile launchers falls apart under any scrutiny. buff.ly/shc7cK3

FPRI Asia Program Director Shihoko Goto joined France 24 for an interview to discuss the multifaceted effects of the Iran war on Asia, an energy-dependent region. buff.ly/ZcJ6fHr

Check out the latest #BearMarketBrief to read about the lack of a deal on the Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline, three days of nuclear test drills, detainments of regional leaders, and measures supporting Ukraine war participants. buff.ly/NH19HUS

America’s ability to get the small surface combatants it needs depends solely on the US Navy’s willingness to pick a design and leave it alone long enough for a shipyard to actually build it. buff.ly/n3p1iqh

"To compensate investors for Zimbabwe’s risk, VFEX offers several incentives, including a 5 percent dividend withholding tax, exemption from capital gains withholding for foreign investors, and reduced exchange control restrictions. It also offers lower trading costs than the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange." buff.ly/pYcsC2A

On the latest episode of #ShiftingGround, Dmitri Alperovitch tells us that "cyber doesn't actually create deterrence—cyber is not a weapons system, it's an enabling capability" (34:55). #OrbisJournal buff.ly/vHfK7Kf

In an FPRI expert commentary, Prashanth Parameswaran writes, "Some Southeast Asian countries have been included in US economic initiatives, but the region has seen the coercive side of US policies. As such, it will carefully assess US-China engagement at the next ASEAN summit as well as US-China hosting of the G-20 and the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation." buff.ly/gox2z3x

"Vulnerability is easy to miss in peacetime and impossible to ignore in war. During the first four days of the Iran war, coalition forces expended Patriot rounds at 225 missiles per day, while facilities produced just 1.7 per day. This consumption-to-production ratio is roughly 132:1." More on #BehindtheFront. buff.ly/fAKEpne

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"The real question will be around what the financing for this deal looks like and for how long China agrees to buy gas from Russia through this new pipeline and on what terms. Russia doesn't really have any other market it can sell to." Watch the full interview for CNBC with Maximilian Hess. buff.ly/eHVPgQd

Shikoko Goto shares the following in an FPRI expert commentary: "So long as China has over 90 percent of the world’s magnet manufacturing capacity and dominates the refining process of rare earths, US competitiveness will be in jeopardy and US industries will remain vulnerable to Beijing’s coercive actions." buff.ly/gox2z3x

Mohammed Salih writes, "During the recent war, Iraqi militias fired more than 1,000 drones and missiles at various targets, including the US, the Kurdistan Region, and neighboring countries. The militias’ subservience to Iranian agenda mean Iraq is only as stable as the next crisis erupting." buff.ly/bZ0ZHFb

"India’s strategic community and policymakers have yet to acknowledge the pressing reality that a prospective Chinese forceful reunification attempt with Taiwan would pose a direct and enormous threat to India’s sovereignty and security." Read the full chapter on the Taiwan issue and India by Suyash Desai and Harsh V. Pant. buff.ly/k8Y5t10

Tune in to the latest episode of #BehindtheFront for a detailed discussion on Ursa Major's liquid rocket engine technology and more. buff.ly/8sSewXM

Thomas Shattuck wrote, "Prior to the summit’s delay, Trump may have had the upper hand in negotiations, but that dynamic flipped. Despite the power shift, Trump did not abandon Taiwan, nor did he agree to delay or end arms sales. The administration did change its language to 'oppose' Taiwan independence." Read the full expert commentary. buff.ly/gox2z3x

Revisit Edward Lemon's and Bradley Jardine's report for a closer look at China’s expanding technological footprint in Central Asia. Chinese firms anchor much of the region's telecommunications, fiber-optic networks, smart-city platforms, AI-enabled surveillance systems, and e-governance infrastructure. buff.ly/cdPP9Gh

"The war in Ukraine started in 2022 and everything changed. They entered a new period of deSovietization: Soviet monuments were removed and Russophones were increasingly seen as a security risk. Suddenly our project was operating in a very tense atmosphere where Soviet history was a topic of controversy" (21:37). Listen to the full episode on #BalticWays. buff.ly/8COjcQX

Catch up on the latest #BearMarketBrief before the next edition comes out. buff.ly/mAvq5fW