Originally published by Pacific Forum, this article is republished with permission. The launch of the United Kingdom’s Strategic Defence Review has finally set down a clear direction for the UK’s strategic posture for at least a parliament, perhaps longer. The most instrumental element in the paper is the decision to focus on the Euro-Atlantic as the priority…
TOKYO – Tokamak Energy, the UK’s leading nuclear fusion technology developer, has become part of Japan’s energy innovation strategy. After several years of building relations with Japanese government agencies, corporations and academic and scientific institutions, Tokamak Energy established a subsidiary in Tokyo in February and won a “green transformation” award from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government…
One major consequence of the UK government’s resistance to rejoining the European single market is that it is forced to go around the world seeking trade deals and investment. Recently, the government has boasted of successful arrangements with India and the US and of some new agreements with the EU. But it has also found…
While US President Donald Trump is talking to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, he’s also engaging with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping. The American strategy is to drive a wedge between the two leaders and turn them against each other. The goal could be to have Russia turn against China and thus force Beijing to…
Could China’s new magnetic wake detection technology mark the end of stealth submarine warfare? Recent Chinese research suggests it might. This month, South China Morning Post (SCMP) reported that researchers at Northwestern Polytechnical University (NPU) in Xian, China, have unveiled a novel detection method capable of identifying even the stealthiest submarines by tracking their magnetic…
The Chinese government expressed diplomatic discontent to the United States after the Biden administration finalized a set of rules to restrict American individuals and companies from investing in China’s three high technology sectors. The Final Rule, which aims to implement the Executive Order signed by US President Joe Biden in August 2023, will limit US…