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Since I’ve been in Taiwan covering defense, I dont think I’ve ever seen Taiwanese tanks or armored vehicles with drone cages. Lessons are being learned! Source: Taiwan/Adiz, 新‧二七部隊 軍事雜談 (New 27 Brigade)🇹🇼🇺🇦🇮🇱 Taiwan Security Monitor

Apple’s head of services “has warned internally — and even publicly — that Apple risks becoming the next BlackBerry or Nokia if it doesn’t adapt quickly.” “Roughly half of Cook’s about 20 direct reports are at least 60” bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

Least surprising retort ever. carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/06/…

You think? "Tibet-related issues, including reincarnation of the Dalai Lama are a 'thorn' in India-China bilateral relations and they have become a “burden” for New Delhi, the Chinese embassy said on Sunday." tribuneindia.com/news/india/ahe…

The Kyiv Independent talked with John Bolton: Trump sees Putin as a friend [I disagree, this is prejudice]. Trump believes U.S.-Russia ties are good. Putin sees Trump as an easy mark. That mindset makes it hard for Trump to grasp the strategic issues of Russia’s invasion. 1/

In case everyone forgot what Wang Yi said last week… “We cannot afford Russia to lose the war in Ukraine”

‘My Dear Wife, I’m Free’ Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on her husband’s release from prison, how the U.S. helped make it happen and why Trump can do so much more: politico.com/news/magazine/…

They say older the wiser. This doesn't apply to one of Southeast Asia's oldest statesmen still alive today. Obviously he plainly forgot or just conveniently glossed over the imperial history of China throughout dynasties such as Han, Tang, Yuan and Qing. malaymail.com/news/malaysia/…

The US and Taiwan are likely to announce a trade/tariff deal by August 1st, media report, citing Vice Premier Li-chiun Cheng, Taiwan’s top trade negotiator, who said they will enter critical negotiations soon. She reportedly said the negotiations are in the final inning. $TSM

Congrats, China. You win by default?

I hate to break it to you NVIDIA, but we actually looked into this a few years ago at CSET. We combed through 66,000 of the PLA's actual purchase records. It turns out they *overwhelmingly* use your chips... And at the time, you didn't do anything about it. 😬

How China’s Military Is Flexing Its Power in the Pacific—The U.S. sounds the alarm and calls on allies to do more as Beijing’s forces venture further from its shores Austin Ramzy wsj.com/world/asia/how… wsj.com/world/asia/how…

KMT refuses to fund Taipower debt subsidies. KMT put in the biggest electricity price cut ever in 2016 just before the DPP's Tsai Ing-wen assumed power... Same playbook -- pressuring DPP to raise electricity prices to cover the debt, incurring public wrath michaelturton.blogspot.com/2016/03/crackl…

The #HongKong propaganda roadshow pulls into #Italy. Everything in Hong Kong is just fine. It’s so fine that we just came to tell you it’s fine. Just fine. news.gov.hk/eng/2025/07/20…

The JMSDF, U.S. Navy, and Royal Australian Navy signed an agreement last Friday to facilitate the supplying of and repairing of naval ships between the three sides. This is the first such agreement for the JMSDF in a trilateral framework. nikkei.com/article/DGKKZO…

‘Not welcome here’: Malaysia lashes out at ‘Zionist’ US envoy pick Nick Adams scmp.com/week-asia/peop…

Important The Wall Street Journal article by Austin Ramzy & Emma Brown: wsj.com/world/asia/how… Spotlights importance of #AsiaPacific strategic geography & centrality of #Taiwan.

Chinese analysts and diplomats are saying that Canada, under pressure from US tariffs, should tilt toward China. The implicit deal: kowtow to the Chinese Communist Party in return for economic benefits, sacrifice Canadian manufacturing for agricultural exports. It’s a devil’s

"Where will they go?" seems to be the answer to everything. Coerce allies with tariffs - "where will they go?" Sanction partners - "where will they go?" Deny access to the US market - "where will they go?" History moves slowly but at some point one risks overestimating leverage.

SCOOP: Two of the Pentagon’s top investigative bodies are digging into Defense Sec’y Pete Hegseth’s close aides Ricky Buria and Tim Parlatore and their role in the Signal controversy, three people familiar with the probes told me and Jack Detsch. politico.com/news/2025/07/1…