Chinese Communist Party

June 2, 2026 | Mark Dubowitz |

TikTok warped Americans’ view of the Iran war — one post at a time

American military forces deployed an impressive range of weaponry against the Iranian regime during Operation Epic Fury — but Tehran’s allies may have been striking back on an entirely different...

May 29, 2026 | Jennifer Richmond |

Beijing’s influence persists in US schools under a new name

If students are learning Chinese in public schools, they could be using a curriculum shaped by the Chinese Communist Party. 

May 29, 2026 | Nathan Picarsic |

Can We Lead in AI Infrastructure? First, Think We Can

The late, great historian David McCullough fondly compared the American story to The Little Engine That Could. It was a common theme across his historical treatment of American marvels ranging...

May 28, 2026 | Mariam Wahba, Samuel Ben-Ur

Why Christian persecution is Trump’s new foreign policy roadmap

During his first term, President Donald Trump made fighting Christian persecution around the world a foreign policy priority. In his second term, it has become something more than that. The...

May 27, 2026 | Jack Burnham |

China’s State Support and Pricing Practices in the Biotechnology Sector

Impact on U.S. Industry

May 21, 2026 | Max Meizlish |

‘Strategic Stability’ requires Chinese accountability

Excerpt President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping left their Beijing summit speaking the same language. The official White House readout issued Sunday mirrored Xi’s...

May 20, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Distrust and verify  

The Beijing summit was pageantry; Xi’s ambitions are not

May 13, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Max Meizlish

China summit is Trump’s best chance to choke off Iran’s terror cash

A bombshell report this week laid bare a startling truth: Hong Kong is the lifeline for the Iranian regime and its terrorist proxies. Hong Kong-registered shell companies are funneling billions...

May 13, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Taiwan is a ‘model ally,’ not trade bait

Trading the island’s security for rhetoric from Beijing would be a strategic blunder of historic proportions.

May 11, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Xi

The Chinese Communist Party is rewriting the Bible.  As part of Xi Jinping’s “Sinicization of Christianity” campaign, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) plans to ensure Christianity in...

May 4, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

A Gameplan for American Economic Security:

Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy

April 29, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems

Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors

April 27, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

The Vatican’s Deal with the CCP is Not Working—But Washington Can Help

Last week, news broke that the Hong Kong government is working to confiscate millions from Hong Kong democracy advocate and devout Catholic Jimmy Lai, 78, funds that it claims are tied to his ...

April 20, 2026 | Josh Birenbaum |

The dangerous national security shell company game

A national security crisis is unfolding before our eyes and we can’t even see it. A failure by the federal government to enforce the law is allowing hidden Chinese companies to use opacity loopholes and...

April 17, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Daniel Swift

CATL’s Mining Push Escalates China’s Critical Minerals Offensive

China’s battery giant is going vertical. CATL, the world’s largest battery manufacturer, announced a $4.4 billion investment to launch a dedicated mining subsidiary focused on securing critical mineral...

April 15, 2026 | Angela Howard, Jack Burnham

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...

April 8, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Know thine enemy

The “great, proud people of Iran” are not among them

April 3, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

Breaking China

April 3, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

The Broken Promise of the Panama Papers, Ten Years On

The scandal thrust financial secrecy into the spotlight. Why is dirty money still such a big problem?

March 29, 2026 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Max Meizlish

The Iran war has given Trump his best hand against China — now he shouldn’t fold

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...