Pride before the fall

President Xi has concentrated all power in China in his hands, a recipe for disaster which may soon come to the boil.

How China backed Russia’s lies on Ukraine

Beijing’s amplification of Kremlin propaganda over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows how the Chinese Communist Party works to undermine Western democracy, subvert international order and erode respect for truth itself to promote its own political power.

Benchmarking critical technologies

Technology policy formulation has gained a renewed importance for governments in the era of strategic competition, but contextual understanding and expertise in deciding where to focus efforts are lacking.

Engineering consent

The Chinese Communist Party’s coercive and invasive technologies for monitoring public behaviour are being picked up by other authoritarian states around the world.