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Daniel Kiss

ARTICLES BY DANIEL KISS

China is intensifying its military presence around Taiwan, gathering intelligence on Taiwanese forces.

How China’s navy is tightening the noose on Taiwan

5 min read . 20 Jun 2026

The oil tanker Marinera, formerly known as Bella 1, photographed at sea in the Singapore Strait last March.

A shadow fleet smuggles illicit oil across the high seas. This is how it works.

5 min read . 09 Jan 2026

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. (Pool via REUTERS)

See how a Chinese attack on Taiwan would be Japan’s problem

6 min read . 29 Dec 2025

In this photo taken on October 28, 2025, Taiwan Coast Guard officers patrol off Kinmen aboard the Coast Guard ship PP-10081. China claims all of Taiwan as part of its territory and has threatened to use force to bring it under its control. (File Photo: AFP)

See how a Chinese invasion of Taiwan could unfold

7 min read . 07 Dec 2025

Ghaidaa Qudaih, her husband, Abd al-Rahman al-Shawwaf, and their nearly 3-year-old daughter Farah are among those now planning to rebuild their lives now that the fighting has stopped.

A family’s odyssey to find somewhere safe in Gaza

3 min read . 18 Oct 2025

View of Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in the city of Orsk, Orenburg region, Russia. The share of the country’s oil reserves described as hard-to-recover will rise to 80% by 2030, from 59% now, according to Russia’s Energy Ministry. (File Photo: Reuters)

The slow demise of Russian oil

3 min read . 28 Sept 2025

For years, Beijing focused on building a fleet of diesel-electric submarines that were sufficient for patrolling its backyard in the Western Pacific. (via REUTERS)

US-China rivalry sparks a submarine arms race

6 min read . 09 Sept 2025

China accelerated port investments after outlining the Belt and Road Initiative to modernize land and sea trade routes.

How China built a global port network

6 min read . 20 Jul 2025

A service member of a drone unit of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces prepares a heavy combat drone before its flight over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. (Reuters)

A never-ending supply of drones has frozen the front lines in Ukraine

4 min read . 13 Jul 2025

Eric Trump, executive vice president of the Trump Organization and the US president's son. The Trump Organization signed on April 30, its first development deal in Qatar to build a golf course and residential villas near the capital Doha. (File Photo: AFP)

The Trump Organization has expanded globally since the 2024 election. See where.

3 min read . 02 Jun 2025

Moscow has hinted that it might use nuclear weapons in Ukraine and introduced a doctrine in November that made the grounds for potentially using them broader and more explicit. (AP)

The bomb is back as the risk of nuclear war enters a new age

3 min read . 13 Jan 2025