Sites like onthenewsilkroad.com

Capital & Empire, a Substack-style newsletter of independent U.S. reporting and commentary on militarism, austerity and empire

A twice-weekly newsletter analysing Southeast Asian and Indo-Pacific geopolitics and geoeconomics by Prashanth Parameswaran

Moldova Matters, an English-language newsletter on news and analysis about Moldova by David Smith

Opinion newsletter by technology journalist Tim Culpan on the tech industry, chip makers and Asian business

Vikram Sekar's Substack newsletter on AI infrastructure research: photonics, memory, interconnects, power and packaging for professionals and investors

An English-language news website covering current events and politics in the Republic of Moldova

A Substack newsletter by Taylor Lorenz reporting on how the internet is reshaping tech, politics, business, and culture

A newsletter by Dean W. Ball on emerging technology, AI policy and the future of governance

Chuang is a Chinese-language magazine on politics and culture, run by a collective of contributors, with an About page explaining its name

A Marxist-leaning online publication from the Hampton Institute with essays, reading volumes and articles on political ecology, economics and decolonization

Europe Elects is a site tracking European opinion polls and election data, with country pages covering parties and governments

Personal website of independent writer Andy Masley, with essays on AI, data centers, animal welfare and politics, plus lists and IB physics resources

#LeaveRussia tracks which foreign companies have exited or still operate in Russia, with losses, methodology and company profiles

Speakola, an online archive of more than 2000 speeches collected by Melbourne author Tony Wilson, with a podcast and newsletter

An Indian defence news blog covering military technology, drones, naval and aerospace developments, and DRDO research

ChinaTalk is a Substack newsletter and podcast by Jordan Schneider on Chinese technology, US policy, and war

Defence Industry Europe is a news website covering European and worldwide defence procurement, military equipment and new defence technologies

Ziarul de Gardă, a Romanian-language investigative news site from Moldova with Russian and English editions, covering corruption, politics and war coverage

Volts, a David Roberts newsletter and podcast on the technology, politics and policy of decarbonization

A Romanian-language news website covering Moldova and world affairs, with politics, EU accession and analysis pieces

Drop Site News, an independent online news outlet on politics and war, with video livestreams, interviews and reports by Murtaza Hussain and Sarmad Jawad

A podcast of long-form interviews with intellectuals and researchers, hosted by Dwarkesh Patel

A American political news and analysis publication on Substack, with video, live events and newsletters by Sarah Longwell, Tim Miller and others

SemiAnalysis is an independent research firm publishing semiconductor and AI industry models, reports and newsletters for businesses and institutional clients

Gwern Branwen's personal website of essays and blog posts on AI, statistics, psychology, and meta-science, plus personal pages