The Chinese government’s power to prosecute — or persecute — critics does not stop at its borders. On April 13, a court in Kazakhstan sentenced 19 activists to prison after they protested Beijing’s...
A string of federal indictments has exposed a pervasive shadow network of data centers and fake products spanning Southeast Asia. To secure national security, the U.S. must move enforcement from the airport gate to the factory floor.
SCEF alliance unites perennially divided anti-junta groups and forces around a single vision of federal democracy
Though Tehran’s capabilities are being degraded, its theology persists
On Easter Sunday, the White House issued a press release stating that under President Donald Trump’s leadership, “the U.S. is once again a beacon of religious liberty — honoring the biblical...
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of Hungary is on the ropes in his latest bid for reelection, down by double-digit margins in the latest polls. So he brought in a ringer. Vice President JD Vance, a star...
President Donald Trump’s two-week cease-fire with Iran is a huge gamble — and allowing Pakistan to act as the go-between only raises the stakes. Pakistan, after all, is the nation where...
The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them
America is prepared to “take an assertive stance” against information warfare conducted by its adversaries, according to a leaked cable signed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The New...
The US intelligence assessment identifies key threats but understates cyber risks and China’s Taiwan strategy, leaving US policymakers ill-prepared for emerging conflicts.
Congress is seeking to lock China out of the global advanced chip-making market. Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Andy Kim (D-NJ), along with Representative Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), introduced a...
Venezuela could be a test case for reforming international finance’s lending to authoritarian governments.
The blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, through which 12-14 percent of Europe's liquefied natural gas flows, puts Poland's energy diversification strategy to a serious test. However, this is nothing compared to the risk posed by a nuclear-armed Iran supplying Russia with advanced missiles and drones.
President Donald Trump should say the quiet part out loud: China’s years of economic, technological and diplomatic support for Iran did not merely underwrite the regime’s malign activity. It accelerated...
“America will never again give up the moon,” NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman stated on March 24 as he announced a $20 billion investment to build a lunar base over the next seven years. The moon...
Androids may dream of electric sheep, but Washington isn’t staying quiet on foreign robots. On March 26, Senators Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) introduced a bill intended to exclude certain...
The alternative is wars with our backs against the wall
The Taiwanese government is reversing course on permanently closing its nuclear reactors. Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has presented a plan to restart two of the island’s shuttered nuclear reactors...