We all know the headlines: “China builds largest navy.” or: “China’s missile tech leaps ahead.” But here’s the uncomfortable truth: This isn’t about ships. It’s about a strategic plan to dominate the 21st century—militarily, economically, and digitally.

The U.S. is preparing for drone warfare - but U.S. drone makers are highly dependent on Chinese suppliers for key parts, also including rear earth elements. And it will take more than 2 years to change that.

A single Chinese firm, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), has delivered 250+ ships (14 million gross tons) in 2024.
That’s more tonnage than the entire U.S. commercial shipbuilding industry has produced since World War II. Let that sink in.

This is the beginning of a new era, an era of battles and big wars between two fundamentally opposing forces over the next decade: autocrats and the autocratic systems they command on one side, and free nations, along with the open, democratic societies they represent, on the other.

A Big Bet on Defense and Resilience in Europe - in this area, it is even up 500% since 2020. Europe's Defense, Security, and Resilience industry saw a +30% increase in funding in 2024, while VC investments in the rest of the tech sector were down strongly overall. What's driving this growth?

China Switching Gears into Pre-Wartime-Mode: Gigantic Nuclear-Hardened Military Compound and PRC's Warships 150 Nautical Miles from Sydney

Intelligence: Putin is not interested in peace but uses peace talks as a front to prolong the war and buy time for his military to recover.

The Future of Defense Tech Manufacturing & Innovation event in the framework of the Munich Security Conference showed that upcoming defense players, while still struggling, are necessary to make defense more resilient and adaptable in weeks rather than months to add mass and speed. Essential Insights from the Event.

While Trump´s Maximum Pressure Sanctions are a step in the right direction against the No. 1 regime worldwide that supports terrorist organizations targeting the US and Israel they fall short and don´t take sufficiently into account the changed realities since Trump introduced Maximum Pressure the first time almost 7 years ago.

Our report, published on January 23, is more timely than ever, with President Donald J. Trump's yesterday´s announcement of Building America’s Next-Generation Missile Defense Shield.
In our report on China's Military Buildup for War, we made these recommendations that are also included in Trump's Executive Order to build the Iron Dome for America: