China

February 2, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Susan Soh

Trump Administration Scores Major Victory as Panama Supreme Court Rules Against Chinese Shipping Firm

The Danish shipping behemoth Maersk is now temporarily managing two ports along the Panama Canal after the Panamanian Supreme Court annulled a Chinese company’s contracts on constitutional grounds. The...

February 2, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

Justice Department Marks First Successful Prosecution of Chinese AI-Related Economic Espionage

Despite his efforts to flee the United States, the law finally caught up with Linwei Ding. On January 30, the Department of Justice convicted 38-year-old Ding, a former Google software engineer and...

February 2, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Emmerson Overell

Greenland’s Worth a Fight and Russia’s Trying to Start One

The “quickest way for Russia to penetrate our naval defenses is steaming from the Arctic to the North Atlantic.” The Greenland-Iceland-United Kingdom (GIUK) Gap is the last place allied forces “have...

February 1, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Aarushi Garg

Cyber information sharing must be fixed – or our adversaries reap the benefits

Over the past year America’s public-private cybersecurity partnerships have been damaged by a double whammy of administration and legislative lethargy. In March, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) dismantled a...

January 29, 2026 | Bradley Bowman, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

What Trump’s National Defense Strategy Gets Right — and Wrong

The Trump administration quietly released its 2026 National Defense Strategy on Friday evening as the largest storm in years barreled down on much of the United States. Much like the snow that...

January 28, 2026 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Trump’s noose tightens on Iran — here’s what must come next

Nobody can say President Donald Trump didn’t give Tehran a chance. Even at the11th hour, with massive military assets pouring into the Middle East after Iran’s brutal attacks on its own protesting...

January 28, 2026 | Daniel Swift, Susan Soh

Iran Fuels Repression in Myanmar

Fuel shipments linked to Iran are helping Myanmar’s military regime to intensify air strikes on civilians trapped in the civil war that has raged since it seized power in a coup five years ago. According...

January 28, 2026 | David May |

Iran Protests Highlight South Africa’s Broken Moral Compass

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January 28, 2026 | Jack Burnham, Johanna Yang

Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act: Revisions to Reporting Requirements

January 26, 2026 | Hussain Abdul-Hussain |

Why Is Saudi Arabia Abandoning Peace?

In the last few months, Riyadh has turned away from US-aligned partners in the Middle East.

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...

January 23, 2026 | Keti Korkiya, Dmitriy Shapiro

Russian Businesses Adopt ‘Tactical Poverty’ Measures, Signaling Growing Economic Stress 

“Tactical poverty” is what Russians are calling the belt-tightening measures Russian companies have been compelled to impose amid poor economic indicators for 2026. According to the Russian business...

January 23, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

Don’t forget Iran!

There is truly a historic opportunity at work, based on the civilian protest movement. The world should not squander it.

January 21, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

China May Have Accessed U.S. Supercomputing Resources To Fuel Its Military Modernization Efforts

The United States may have inadvertently paid for China’s nuclear weapons research. On January 15, Rep. John Moolenaar (R-MI), chairman of the China Select Committee, sent a letter to the National...

January 20, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Susan Soh

Canada’s Bet on Beijing Puts USMCA at Risk

Does Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney really consider China to be a “more predictable” partner than the United States? During a visit to Beijing last week, Carney unveiled a “new strategic partnership”...

January 16, 2026 | Max Meizlish, Daniel Swift

South Africa Eyes Confrontation With Trump Over Growing Ties to China, Russia, Iran

South Africa is testing President Donald Trump’s patience, launching a week-long naval exercise alongside America’s adversaries. China, Russia, Iran, and several other countries in the loosely organized...

January 14, 2026 | Nathan Picarsic |

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

January 14, 2026 | Matt Pottinger |

Winning the AI Arms Race Against the Chinese Communist Party

January 13, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur, Krystal Bermudez

US seizes more tankers, courts oil companies as post-Maduro Venezuela takes shape

In the week since Washington arrested former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, the outlines of a post-Maduro Venezuela have begun to take shape. Interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, Defense...

January 12, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

China Reportedly Blocks Rare Earth Exports to Japan, Targeting Defense Supply Chains

New Year, same bullying. On January 8, The Wall Street Journal reported that China halted the export of rare earths and rare earth magnets to some Japanese firms in direct retaliation for Tokyo’s possible...