China

November 5, 2026 | Orde Kittrie |

Will the International Court of Justice Lower the Bar for ‘Genocide’?

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) will issue its final judgment on November 19 in the landmark case charging Myanmar with genocide against its Rohingya minority. There is strong evidence that...

November 5, 2026 | Mathew Ha, Annie Fixler

North Korean Cybercriminals Carry Out the Largest Crypto Hack in History

Today’s bank robbers carry out cryptocurrency heists, with the best in the business hailing from North Korea. The FBI formally blamed Pyongyang for a $6.3 billion hack of the Binance exchange at the...

November 5, 2026 | Bridget Toomey |

How Russia and China Support the Houthis

The United States and its allies need a more coordinated anti-Houthi strategy to counter a Russo-Chinese threat to the region.

November 4, 2026 | Johanna Yang |

DHS’s Ban on Chinese Biodata Firm Addresses Human Rights but not Bioweapon Threat

China has a major stake in the genetic data of millions of Americans. It is using that data to further the Chinese Communist Party’s ambitions of engineering a military super soldier or targeted bioweapon...

November 3, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain

Global Hypocrisy Shields Sudan’s SAF From Justice

On October 19, a drone strike devastated a busy market in Abyei, the disputed border region between Sudan and South Sudan, killing at least 153 people. South Sudanese officials blamed the Sudanese Armed...

November 2, 2026 | Jennifer Richmond |

Confucius Institutes still active in K-12 education

Beijing's soft-power playbook never left the classroom

November 2, 2026 | Craig Singleton |

Trump Is Playing a Risky Game on Taiwan

Excerpt President Trump’s decision to hold back a $14 billion arms package for Taiwan makes a certain amount of diplomatic sense. After last year’s bruising trade war, Washington and Beijing...

November 1, 2026 | Jacob Nagel |

Israel’s new IDF Space Division marks major shift in military strategy after Iran war 

Israel must do everything possible to maintain near-complete independence in its space capabilities across all aspects of “Blue and White” development.

October 30, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

The UN secretary-general race is steeped in intrigue. Should we care?

Like it or not, the United States and the State of Israel have to deal with the world body.

October 30, 2026 | Andrea Stricker |

Congress should block Trump’s dangerous Saudi nuclear deal

Behind the scenes of U.S. midterm races, another campaign is quietly taking shape. Congress is poised to vote on the Trump administration’s proposed nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, with...

October 26, 2026 | Bradley Bowman, Jonathan Schanzer

Israel’s moment of truth: Knesset election pivotal to future US-Israel relationship

Israel must make some crucial decisions about its own conduct. The fate of the US-Israel alliance could hang in the balance.

October 26, 2026 | Keti Korkiya |

A Ban on Georgia’s Opposition Would Complete Georgian Dream’s Capture of the State

Georgia’s ruling party is moving to take its most serious challengers off the ballot before the next parliamentary elections in 2028. On October 21, the Constitutional Court began hearings on Georgian...

October 26, 2026 | Emmerson Overell |

Siting New Spaceports and Use of Priority Airspace for Critical Space Launch Corridors

October 23, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz, Brett McGurk

Brink: Inside America’s Confrontation with Iran

October 22, 2026 | Susan Soh, Annie Fixler

U.S. Must Cut Off Chinese Firms That Profit From Stolen American AI

The evidence of Chinese intellectual property theft emerged in federal court, but the U.S. government turned to sanctions to punish the companies that received the illicit files. On October 19, the State...

October 21, 2026 | Brandy Shufutinsky, Jennifer Richmond, Simone Weichselbaum

Foreign Funding and Influence in America’s K-12 Education System

October 20, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Remarks before the Congressional Ukraine Caucus

October 20, 2026 | David May, Ben Cohen

UN Provides Expansionist Russia With a Platform To Condemn ‘Colonialism’

The United Nations has turned moral inversion into an art form. The UN General Assembly’s Fourth Committee, which handles decolonization, passed a Russian-sponsored resolution on October 15 that seeks...

October 19, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Antonia-Laura Pup

Deepening Black Sea Crisis Demands US Involvement

Russian strikes on Black Sea shipping are probing NATO’s tolerance for attacks on allies. The US and Europe must reinforce the region.

October 19, 2026 | Will Selber |

Pakistan-Taliban border clashes continue amid diplomatic efforts

Since October 12, border clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban have continued in multiple locations, with both sides accusing the other of initiating hostilities. Russian and European Union officials...