How the US Can Reclaim the World Bank from China
China extracts a sweet deal from a global financial institution just a few blocks from the White House.
Belt and Road Initiative
Do not let China win Ukraine’s reconstruction
Beijing must not benefit from reconstruction contracts for infrastructure it helped destroy
Op-eds
How to Get the Other Half of US Economic Statecraft Right
The United States has the means to block adversaries from gaining an advantage in trade. However, it also needs a positive vision and toolkit for international commerce and investment.
Op-eds
China’s Expanding Presence in Kyrgyzstan Undermines Human Rights, U.S. Strategic Interests
In Kyrgyzstan, criticism of Chinese influence can end in public shaming or an arrest warrant. On July 20, a Kyrgyz presidential administration official published photographs, names, birth dates, and social...
Policy Briefs
Kazakhstan Bets on Iranian Port Investment
Landlocked Kazakhstan is seeking port access, and Astana is banking on Iran to provide it. On July 8, Kazakhstan signed an agreement to build a logistics and transport terminal at Iran’s largest seaport...
Policy Briefs
Serbia and Georgia aren’t our friends — They’re authoritarian regimes courting Trump
When autocrats seek legitimacy, they often travel in pairs. Such was the case when Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic traveled to Tbilisi in June. While this was the first visit by a Serbian...
Op-eds
China’s Malacca panic jails US scholar to appease Myanmar
Min Zin’s wrongful detention—timed with Myanmar coup-maker’s state visit—is a warning to every American traveling or working in China
Op-eds
China’s Chokepoint Problem: Why Beijing Is Welcoming a Leader Nobody Likes
No one likes Min Aung Hlaing. Nevertheless, the leader of Myanmar’s military government kicked off a five-day state visit in China on June 16, seeking legitimacy after a sham election that few inside...
Policy Briefs
Tbilisi Moves Closer to Beijing Despite Courting Washington
Georgia, once Washington’s closest partner in the post-Soviet space, is deepening its strategic alignment with China. On June 9, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili...
Policy Briefs
A Gameplan for American Economic Security:
Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy
Memos
China’s beachhead in the Balkans
Serbia is playing a dangerous game with the West. While the European Union and the United States are pursuing a partnership with and EU membership for Serbia, Serbia is cultivating a rapidly...
Op-eds
China Uses Political Leverage To Influence Foreign Courts
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...
Policy Briefs
New resistance alliance built to win Myanmar’s civil war
SCEF alliance unites perennially divided anti-junta groups and forces around a single vision of federal democracy
Op-eds
Why Hungary’s two-faced Orbán deserves to lose his re-election bid
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...
Op-eds
Made in China, Paid by Seniors: Stopping the Surge of International Scams
Legislative Testimonies
China and Pakistan Increase Cooperation, Bring Taliban Into the Fold
China and Pakistan are trying to bolster the Taliban’s global standing. Beijing and Islamabad released a joint statement on January 5 urging Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to curb attacks from affiliated...
Policy Briefs
Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks
Public Comments
Trump should reject Serbia sanctions waiver request
Serbia and Russia are lobbying frantically for a reprieve from U.S. sanctions on Serbia’s oil and gas company, NIS, which Washington targeted due to its majority Russian ownership. Belgrade...
Op-eds
5 Ways the U.S. Should Retain and Upgrade America’s Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
Congress would be smart to ensure the survival and reform of the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) – America’s development bank that invests in private sector projects in developing...