ByteDance

April 13, 2026 | Jack Burnham, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Seeking Comment on Prohibiting Importation and Marketing of Previously Authorized Covered Communications Equipment Added to the Covered List in 2024 or Earlier

February 20, 2026 | Leah Siskind, Jack Burnham

Eyeing China’s Growth, NIST Launches New Standards Initiative for AI Agents

Washington is seeking to place artificial intelligence (AI) agents at the center of American technology dominance. On February 17, the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) launched the...

February 13, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

OpenAI Alleges China’s DeepSeek Stole its Intellectual Property to Train its Own Models

One year on from DeepSeek’s first major release, Washington is probing deeper into the Chinese artificial intelligence firm’s unexpected success. The U.S. AI firm OpenAI publicly released a memo...

January 23, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

Newly Signed Deal Offers Pathway for Chinese Company ByteDance Into TikTok’s New U.S. Operation

After several years of courtroom wrangling, the social media app TikTok will remain active in the United States despite its continued ties to China. On January 22, ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent...

December 3, 2025 | Jennifer Richmond |

China’s Influence Operation in US Education Was Supposed To Be Shut Down, But Did Closing the Confucius Institutes Only Make It Stronger?

The Chinese government has quietly altered its methods as President Donald Trump announces plans to double the Chinese student population in the US

October 3, 2025 | Nathan Picarsic, Emily de La Bruyère

China Could Win AI Fight

In August, Chinese researchers debuted the world’s largest brain-inspired supercomputer. The Darwin Monkey is just the latest in a string of People’s Republic of China (PRC) artificial intelligence...

July 22, 2025 | Emily de La Bruyère |

Foreign Abuse of U.S. Courts

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May 15, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions

Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan

January 15, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

Biotech Battlefield

Weaponizing Innovation in the Age of Genomics

January 8, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Peter Choharis, Elizabeth Robbins

Previewing TikTok Case Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court

October 7, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

PRC Lawfare Expands to U.S. Courts — Now Is Not the Time to Dismantle U.S. Tech

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is learning how to use American courts to undermine U.S. national security. Specifically, Beijing is working through the courts to block executive branch actions that...

July 3, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

The jihadi-leftist convergence

Carlos the Jackal was an early adopter

June 28, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

April 10, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Congress just touching the TikTok tip of the iceberg of China’s spying

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell this week urged the chamber to take up the bipartisan bill the House overwhelmingly passed last month requiring Chinese company ByteDance to sell off...

March 27, 2024 | Antonette Bowman |

New Legislation Seeks to Stop Pentagon From Using China-Controlled Tutoring Service

Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) and Representative Elise Stefanik (R-NY) introduced legislation on March 21 that would prohibit the Pentagon from offering educational services to U.S. servicemembers and their...

March 22, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Congress Is Right to Call for the Strategic Divestment of TikTok

The Chinese Communist Party in Beijing is nervous — and it ought to be. The U.S. Congress has targeted a significant tool the CCP uses to spread disinformation among Americans, and the rulers in Beijing...

March 20, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Attack TikTok

Cut its Chinese Communist ties

March 18, 2024 | Craig Singleton |

It’s not just a theory. TikTok’s ties to Chinese government are dangerous.

A forced sale to a U.S. company would curtail China’s ability to use TikTok to promote disinformation or meddle in the upcoming U.S. elections.

March 13, 2024 | |

Five Compelling Reasons for the Strategic Divestment of TikTok

Amid escalating concerns over potential Chinese interference in the U.S. election, divesting TikTok from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, offers a balanced, technologically feasible solution that...

March 12, 2024 | |

5 Things to Know About ByteDance, TikTok’s Parent Company

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