In December 2025, Australia and Japan released a joint statement announcing "the establishment of the Framework for Strategic Defense Coordination," effectively formalizing an informal alliance. In a new report, James Przystup analyzes the emerging threat environment in the Indo-Pacific, Japan and Australia's shared national interests, and the concrete steps the two countries have taken to advance this informal alliance. Read:

Exclusive: In December 2025, the US-sanctioned tanker Reef arrived in Myanmar waters with some 113,000 barrels of fuel backed by sham paperwork. In reality, Reef carried jet fuel from Iran to Myanmar. Details of how Myanmar disguised purchases of Iranian jet fuel, as well as the entities involved in the transactions, are reported here for the first time

Highlighting our December 2025 Cassandra Unchained Charity of the Month Together California is an inspiring public charity working to dramatically improve the experience and outcomes for children in the foster care system.

Starting 10 December 2025, you must be at least 16 years old to use an X account in Australia. It’s not our choice - it's what the Australian law requires following amendments to the Online Safety Act 2021 to introduce a social media minimum age. We’re drawing on our existing age assurance processes to make this as smooth, private, and secure as possible. Here's what this means: If you're under 16: Unfortunately, you won't be able to use an X account until you are 16 or over. If you think we've got this wrong, or if you wish to reinstate your account once you are 16 or over, you can follow the instructions to verify your age within the account lockout notice you received. If you're 16 or older: You can follow the in-app instructions to verify your age. We'll send in-app reminders — it's fast and we delete the data within 30 days. Creating a new account: If your date of birth shows you're under 16, creation will be blocked. Otherwise, you'll go through the same quick verification steps. For more information on the Australian social media minimum age law, including how we're handling the required minimum age checks and your privacy, please visit our Help Center page at Other helpful resources: Affected accounts can submit a request to access their account information here: Report an underage account here:

BREAKING: Trump consulted Grok in December 2025 before invading Venezuela, per TIME. He asked how Venezuelans would react to Maduro's capture. Grok said most would celebrate. Three weeks later the US invaded. Absolutely fucking insane.

At @emirates NBA Cup Media Day in December 2025: Dylan: “How do you get to the rim so easily?” Stephon: “I watch a lot of Dylan Harper highlights.” Never a dull moment between these two 🤣

I didn't start using agents in any meaningful way until December 2025. I got full-on psychosis over the holidays. We had Opus 4.5 and GPT-5.2 (next up was GPT-5.3-Codex). Insane that it's been less than a year.