A Chinese-backed submarine cable project triggered a diplomatic dispute and unprecedented political rift in Chile before the presidential transition.

Commission urges Pentagon to preserve underwater edge as Beijing expands submarines, unmanned systems and seabed ambitions.

Analysis: Control of undersea fibre-optic cables, the arteries of the global internet, has become the new frontline in the ...

China’s next-gen Type 096 submarines and longer-range SLBMs could threaten more of the U.S. from bastions near home.

If China chose to invade Taiwan tomorrow, it would only have to sever three undersea fiber-optic cable clusters to cause a ...

"In the 21st century, whoever controls the flows of data controls the architecture of power." In public debate, submarine cables often appear as technical ...

In February 2023, half a year or so before I visited, a couple of Chinese ships cut two domestic undersea cables running out from Taiwan’s main island. One of these, named Taima No. 3, provided ...

American cable owners are in the business of business — not geopolitics. But if Trump told them to block the continent from ...

With Chile’s presidential handover set for March 11, outgoing President Gabriel Boric is closing his term amid a diplomatic dispute with the United States over a China Mobile-backed undersea ...

Undersea cables have become central to Southeast Asia’s security calculus as the US–China rivalry spills onto the seabed. Disruptions in Europe and Taiwan show how cables can be weaponised, while ...