Chinese Communist Party

August 25, 2026 | Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham

5 Things To Know About China’s Coercion Campaign Against Taiwan and the Limits of Leader-Level Diplomacy

President Donald Trump emerged from his May 2026 summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping embracing a new framework for U.S.-China relations. The White House said the two leaders agreed to build a “constructive...

August 21, 2026 | Angela Howard, Cameron Timlin , Emilia Marshall

What an Egg Cartel Can Teach Us About Critical Mineral Markets

While Americans were paying more than $6 for a dozen eggs, the CEOs of America’s largest egg companies conspired to jack up prices even higher. Unfortunately, this kind of behavior...

August 7, 2026 | Max Lesser, Thomas Crehan

China-Linked Social Media Network Seeks To Shift COVID Responsibility From China to U.S.

Long after COVID-19 ended, China is still trying to shape the world’s perception of the pandemic. On August 6, FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) identified at least 50 coordinated...

July 29, 2026 | Clifford D. May |

How to break Iran’s terrorist regime

“Gradually, then suddenly” could work

July 13, 2026 | Jack Burnham, Emmerson Overell

Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance

July 12, 2026 | Cleo Paskal |

A smoking gun in the Solomons proves information shaping by China

Xi Jinping has stated, “The crumbling of a regime always starts in the realm of ideas. Changing the way people think is a long-term process. Once the front lines of human thought have been broken through, other defensive lines also become harder to defend.”

July 10, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

Ezra Jin’s Release Is a Victory Washington Can Replicate

In the early hours of July 3, 2026, Pastor Ezra Jin Mingri was pulled from his jail cell in southern China. He assumed he was being transferred to another prison. Only when he arrived at the...

July 8, 2026 | Mariam Wahba |

As China Frees Pastor Jin, Christianity Remains a Target

After spending 266 days in a Chinese prison for practicing his faith, Pastor Ezra Jin is now free. The July 3 release comes weeks after President Donald Trump raised Jin’s case with Chinese paramount...

July 3, 2026 | Cameron McMillan, Bradley Bowman

Don’t Decimate U.S. Military Posture in Europe

As NATO leaders gather in Ankara next week, there is much to celebrate. Ukraine is gaining the upper hand on the battlefield against Russia. European defense spending is way up. Many European...

June 30, 2026 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

A Strategy for Winning the Cold War: NSC-68

In April 1950 President Harry Truman produced his seminal national security document, and one of the most consequential strategic documents in American history—NSC-68. This National Security Council...

June 26, 2026 | David May, Theodore Schneiderman

10 Cases of UN Abuse, Waste, and Subversion of U.S. Interests

The United Nations is hurtling toward self-inflicted insolvency, and it has itself to blame. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres needs to secure $8.68 billion to keep the lights on for regular operations...

June 23, 2026 | Craig Singleton |

Congress should bring campus transparency into the defense bill

Excerpt The National Defense Authorization Act has become one of Congress’s main vehicles for countering China’s military and technological ambitions. This year’s annual defense bill should also...

June 19, 2026 | Keith Self, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

You Can’t Deter China by Ignoring Europe

The stronger and more united NATO remains, the less incentive Beijing will have to test American resolve elsewhere.

June 19, 2026 | Samuel Ben-Ur |

In China, Christianity Is Treated as a Cult

The CCP has decided some fundamental tenets of Christianity mark out the world’s largest faith as a cult, and one that needs vigorous suppression.

June 18, 2026 | Nathan Picarsic |

Rowing in the Same Direction

The Need for and Risks of Allied Contributions to Reindustrialization

June 15, 2026 | Max Lesser, Liz Coppes

FBI Web Domain Seizures Highlight China’s Virtual Espionage Strategy

Jobseekers in the national security space must take a closer look at prospective employment opportunities. A June 10 Department of Justice press release announced that the FBI had seized 13 web domains...

June 14, 2026 | Cleo Paskal |

Modi Era India displays geopolitical acumen

The massive positive changes in India during the Modi Era may not be fully understood in the think-tanks in DC, but they have been noticed by Beijing.

June 12, 2026 | Ben Cohen |

The UN’s fatal formula for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

If this issue is seen as the anchor of the region’s broader woes, that is not because the cold data bears it out, but because much of the world has been swayed by a decades-long propaganda effort initiated by the Soviet Union and its Arab allies.

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.