The underwhelming performance of China-supplied arms and defense systems in Iran underscores the potential for a humiliating setback in Beijing’s military aspirations to take over Taiwan.
The war in Iran is keeping Taiwan safe
The Third-Worldist logic
“Decolonization” in activist rhetoric often implies real, violent action rather than abstract academic discussion: Zineb Riboua.
Tehran’s traffic cameras enabled precision strike
An Israeli intelligence operation that secretly compromised nearly all of Tehran’s traffic cameras, paved the way for the airstrike that eliminated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Protests exposed regime’s reliance on Chinese surveillance tech
How the export of China’s “digital authoritarianism” model enabled Iran’s crackdown on protestors, and contributed to the downfall of the country’s top regime figures.
Canada has a hidden asylum-policy problem
“How was it possible for an adjudicative tribunal to implement a policy that dispenses with the act of abjudication?” ~ James Yousif
Beijing’s hidden army
How 2,294 United Front cells advance China’s interest in four leading democracies, with Canada the most saturated.
Carney’s China Deal
Trade, electioneering, police cooperation, and risks to Canada’s sovereignty: The Bureau Podcast.
China’s malign influence at the United Nations
How increasing financial contributions to the United Nations have enabled Beijing to assert significant influence over global norms and standards while maintaining China’s identity as a “developing country.”
The Chinese military is built for politics
Not fighting wars, argues defense analyst and China monitor Timothy R. Heath.
U.S. strategic moves against China
Analyzing the implications for Canada.
Did the U.S. just capture a Russian or Iranian spy ship?
Why did Moscow extend so much effort to protect a ship described in media reports as an “empty, rusting oil tanker”?
China’s hidden grip on America’s power grid
A new report reveals that nearly half of all solar inverters and battery energy storage systems imported into the U.S. from 2015–2024 came from high-risk Chinese manufacturers.
Climate lawsuits against U.S. energy giants: a strategic boon for China
Activist-driven litigation threatens to undermine American energy independence while bolstering China’s dominance in green technologies.
U.S. targets India’s pharma sector in Fentanyl fight, citing rising precursor chemical exports
Canada isn’t the only focus of U.S. efforts to combat the fentanyl trade.
Trump-Xi summit revives damning evidence
As presidents Trump and Xi convene for the first time in six years, fresh scrutiny falls on a 2024 congressional probe branding China the “ultimate source” of fentanyl precursors—subsidized by the CCP.
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