Chinese Communist Party

June 16, 2025 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham

China Sides With Tehran but Wields Little Influence in Iran-Israel War

Beijing condemned Israel’s sweeping strikes on Iranian nuclear and military sites shortly after they began as a violation of “Iran’s sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity,” according...

June 13, 2025 | Samantha Ravich, Johanna Yang

China Wants Our Hearts. Literally.

China is pre-positioning itself on U.S. networks for disruptive and destructive attacks against our critical infrastructure. In the past year, the American public learned that the Chinese Communist Party...

June 11, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Stalin in the subway

What a statue tells us – and should tell President Trump – about Vladimir Putin

June 6, 2025 | |

Iran Purchases Missile Fuel Materials From China

Iran Orders Missile Fuel Ingredient: Iran has ordered thousands of tons of a key ingredient in ballistic missile fuel from China as it seeks to rebuild its missile arsenal and those...

June 6, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Exporting AI is a Strategic Asset, Not a Risk

To counter China, the US should encourage AI proliferation — and set the terms for global growth.

June 4, 2025 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Trump must resist WHO’s pandemic power-grab

The World Health Organization is still not doing enough to stop another pandemic. Last month, the UN body adopted a new pandemic treaty by consensus at its annual meeting, but the accord merely doubles down on the WHO’s previous failed policies.

May 29, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

Escalating Science and Tech Rivalry, State Department Announces Plans to Revoke Chinese Student Visas

Rising tensions between the United States and China can no longer be siloed from campus. On May 28, the State Department announced its intention to “work with the Department of Homeland Security to aggressively...

May 29, 2025 | Josh Birenbaum |

Our enemies depend on anonymity. To defeat them, we must unmask them

President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a critical tool to reorganize a broken global trading system and push back on economic coercion by America’s adversaries. Unfortunately, China has...

May 21, 2025 | |

Iranian Parliament Approves 20-Year Strategic Pact With Russia As Nuclear Negotiations With U.S. Flounder

The Iranian parliament approved a 20-year Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Russia on May 21 aimed at boosting collaboration in “all spheres.”

May 20, 2025 | Max Meizlish, David May, Melissa Sacks

5 Ways South Africa Undermines U.S. Interests — and What Must Change

The United States must increase pressure on South Africa to reverse five of its harmful policies. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s arrival in Washington this week to meet with President Donald Trump offers...

May 16, 2025 | Max Lesser |

FDD Uncovers Likely Chinese Intelligence Operation Targeting Recently Laid-Off U.S. Government Employees

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May 15, 2025 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham, Leah Siskind, Johanna Yang

Framework for Artificial Intelligence Diffusion

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

Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions

Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan

May 14, 2025 | |

Treasury Imposes Sanctions on Iranian Military-Affiliated Network Smuggling Oil to China

Iranian Oil Shipped to China: The United States issued fresh sanctions on more than 20 companies accused of shipping sanctioned Iranian oil to China, Tehran’s largest customer....

May 14, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

Trump halts the Indo-Pakistan conflict

The ceasefire is an achievement but don’t confuse that with peace

May 6, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Johanna Yang

Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Pharmaceuticals and Pharmaceutical Ingredients

May 2, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

America’s genetic data is on the auction block — will Beijing buy it?

Excerpt The bankruptcy of genetic-testing company 23andMe puts millions of Americans’ genomic profiles at risk of being sold to the highest bidder — including the Chinese Communist Party....

April 29, 2025 | Annie Fixler |

Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy

Review for State Department Reauthorization

April 29, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Reece Breaux

Chinese Coast Guard Forces Land on Sandy Cay, Escalating Tensions With the Philippines

China is stepping up its campaign to dominate key territory in the South China Sea. On April 24, the Global Times, a Chinese Communist Party-owned media outlet, reported that the China Coast Guard (CCG)...

April 16, 2025 | Clifford D. May |

A ‘Reverse Kissinger’ would be a fool’s errand

Vladimir Putin’s interests align with those of Xi Jinping