ORF: China’s defence industry: China will weaponise its thriving arms trade
PRC has realised that the trade in weapons can serve several Chinese foreign policy and economic objectives
ORF: The Uyghur issue: Assessing China’s increasing clout
China has been able to dominate international organisations and the developing world by using its economic heft
ORF: Tech collaboration between democracies
Given the rapid advances made by authoritarian regimes in the tech space, democracies must work together to promote collective technology leadership.
ORF: Will the new US strategy weaken China’s influence in Africa?
There are multiple reasons for African countries to be cautiously optimistic about the new US policy.
ORF: PLA may get a larger role in China’s grand strategy
China aims to enhance its status as a great power by redefining the role of the PLA in its grand strategy.
ORF: Canada’s Plans for a No-China 5G is a Geoeconomic Ricochet of Rejection
Canada banning Chinese companies—Huawei and ZTE—from its 5G telecommunications networks comes a little late, but is in the right direction as far as the privacy... MORE
ORF: China seeks to create military icons to win future wars
A famous general once said, the soldier is the army and no army is better than its soldiers. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) seems to... MORE
ORF: Big Tech vs. Red Tech: The Diminishing of Democracy in the Digital Age
In the third decade of the twenty-first century, democracies face a new adversary — technology. Technology was once seen as a force for good, which... MORE
ORF: CCP’s use of overseas Chinese to influence western democracies
Western democracies need to be cautious and must guard against the CCP’s ‘charm offensive’ that threatens their interests.