Collection of policy notes addressing the major issues driving international debate at the global level

T.notes

T.wai's T.notes are 2-page texts that address the major issues of international debate at the global and regional level, building a broad involvement in the high levels of politics and experts of the major teams of research centers at the international level.
T.note n.114

Winning Without Fighting, Revisited. The PLA Perspective on Cognitive and Biological Warfare

Violence & Security T.notes

Cognitive warfare has rapidly become central in the debates about the character of modern and future conflict. The PLA stands out here for a pronounced sensitivity to the cognitive dimension of war.

Jul 9, 2026
T.note n.113

Sovereignty in Cyberspace. How States are Taking Back Control

Violence & Security T.notes

What is often described as “virtual” is being brought back under territorial logics, through control over where data are stored and processed, which infrastructures and providers are considered trustworthy, and how cross-border connectivity is governed.

Mar 4, 2026
T.note n.112

Democratization, war and a fragile peace: Armenia’s political transformation after the 2018 Velvet Revolution

Violence & Security T.notes

In the past seven years, Armenia has gone through a roller-coaster of changes, crises, challenges, and upheavals. In 2018 the mass movement of civil disobedience known as the “Velvet Revolution” succeeded in ousting the incumbent authoritarian regime and bringing Nikol Pashinyan to power as Prime Minister.

Dec 12, 2025
T.note n.111 - HS series #20

Embedded illegality: Drugs and development in a Myanmar–China border city

Violence & Security T.notes

As Muse has transformed into a strategic border hub, the illegal drug economy has become deeply embedded in systems of rule, economic development and everyday life.

Mar 28, 2023
T.note n.110 - RISE series #32

China and Indonesia: From a troubled relationship to a common destiny?

Indo-Pacific T.notes

Even though in recent years China and Indonesia have seemed to share a destiny that is, if not a common one, at least closely intertwined, they always need to be careful and must come to terms with their troubled relationship.

Dec 12, 2022
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