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Maritime Strategy
March 25, 2025
China's Shadow Fleet Threatens Indo-Pacific Communications
China is using increasingly sophisticated grey-zone tactics against subsea cables in the waters around Taiwan, using a shadow-fleet playbook that...
Mercedes Page • The Strategist (ASPI)
Cyber Warfare
March 3, 2025
The Battle for the Internet
Democracies and authoritarian states are battling over the future of the internet in a little-known UN process. The United Nations is conducting a...
Mercedes Page • The Strategist (ASPI)
Space Warfare
August 26, 2024
China May Be Putting the Great Firewall Into Orbit
The first satellites for China’s ambitious G60 mega-constellation are in orbit in preparation for offering global satellite internet services—and we...
Mercedes Page • The Strategist (ASPI)
Grand Strategy
October 6, 2023
Welcome to the 'Unhinged' Global Order
As the curtains fell on the UN’s annual high-level meetings last week, the world was left with an unsettling message: the international order is...
Mercedes Page • The Strategist (ASPI)
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