Belt and Road Initiative

Made in China, Paid by Seniors: Stopping the Surge of International Scams

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...

Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks

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...

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...

Armenia–Azerbaijan deal worries Iran

Washington brokered an agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan on August 8 aimed at opening a transit corridor through the South Caucasus. The new agreement replaces the original Zangezur...

Egypt’s Embrace of China Warrants a Harder U.S. Line on Military Aid

When Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Cairo on July 9, Beijing framed the visit as a routine bilateral engagement meant to advance its Belt and Road Initiative. The optics were modest: handshakes, vague...

All Minerals are Local: China’s Man in Lima

China’s quest to control critical mineral and battery metal supply chains is a global project. But the CCP’s playbook recognizes that all politics is local. To that end, Beijing is cultivating...

Review of Submarine Cable Landing License Rules and Procedures To Assess Evolving National Security, Law Enforcement, Foreign Policy, and Trade Policy Risks; Schedule of Application Fees

Crossroads of Competition

China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands

In Sign of Deepening Ties, China Signs Agreements With Cook Islands

China has increased its presence in Oceania, undermining regional confidence in the United States and threatening sea lines critical for Australia’s and New Zealand’s security. On February 22, China...

Missed Milestones

Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump

U.S. Should Rescind Sanctions Waiver for Iranian Port at Chabahar

Donald Trump has reignited Washington’s economic war on Tehran, and New Delhi is now caught in the crossfire. India signed a 10-year deal in 2024 to develop and operate the port of Chabahar on Iran’s...

The Near Enemy: China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States

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Assad’s Downfall Sets Back China’s Middle East Strategy

Bashar al-Assad’s stunning fall from power has deprived China of a valued partner in the Middle East, exposing the limits of its broader strategy to damage the United States’ regional standing via...

Here’s how Elise Stefanik can put Trump’s America First agenda to work at the UN

The screams you heard emanating from Turtle Bay earlier this week were foreign diplomats learning that President-elect Donald Trump would appoint Rep. Elise Stefanik to be his ambassador to the...

Atoning for Britain’s colonialist past

By encouraging China’s colonialist present

Targeting Taiwan

Beijing’s Playbook for Economic and Cyber Warfare

Post-Biden, we must secure the border to address the looming national-security threat

Just two days after that 50 ISIS-linked illegal migrants were on the loose somewhere in the United States, President Biden dismissed the threat of terrorists entering our...

U.S. Should Revoke Chabahar’s Sanctions Waiver

India Ports Global Limited (IPGL) and the Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran signed a 10-year deal on May 13 that allows New Delhi to develop and operate the Iranian port of Chabahar. Washington issued...