Gabriel Honrada

The author is a Moscow-based Russian government scholar. He holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia.

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China is leveraging generative AI for a disinformation campaign for the 2024 Taiwanese Presidential Elections, complicating challenges in discerning truth from propaganda. China aims to...

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Ukraine War offers China valuable doctrinal, leadership, and narrative lessons for a Taiwan conflict. Since the start of the Ukraine War, China has been watching...

The Philippine Military’s Self-Interests in a Maritime Military-Industrial Complex

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