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....
Review for State Department Reauthorization
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)...
Vladimir Putin’s interests align with those of Xi Jinping
Now is the time to rethink how America conducts information warfare and prioritize influence and psychological operations against authoritarian states.
The Trump administration is moving quickly to reform foreign defense sales through an executive order issued on April 9. The order reiterates the value of capable allies to Americans and directs important reforms related to the prioritization of partners, adjustment of congressional reporting thresholds, and review of the foreign military sales-only (FMS-Only) list. Taken together, these make the executive order a well-crafted, laudable, but insufficient first step to address a security assistance system in urgent need of reform.
State Department Sanctions Chinese Oil Facility: The U.S. State Department has sanctioned a China-based crude oil storage terminal for receiving “at least eight Iranian crude...
While the White House is busy restricting trade with China, it keeps unlocking the back gate. Even as the Department of Commerce expanded export restrictions on March 26 to prevent...
Arming Taiwan, Ukraine, and Israel While Strengthening the U.S. Industrial Base
If China goes after Taiwan without ‘disabling’ Palau, its Taiwan operation could be jeopardized. Which is one of the reasons the U.S. is putting new military infrastructure, or, in some cases, bringing back to life World War II era infrastructure, in Palau.
Though battlefield deployment may be a distant ambition, China’s military is putting AI into service behind the front lines. The South China Morning Post reported on March 23 that the People’s Liberation...
Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping has defiantly declared that technological innovation is the “main battlefield” in China’s quest for global preeminence. But, Beijing’s bold bid to transform...
China’s strategy for tech dominance hinges on investment in R&D. Ours should, too.
Treasury Sanctions Chinese Refineries: The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a Chinese “teapot” refinery and its CEO on...
Looking to seize the high ground in a possible military conflict with the United States, China has launched another space race. On March 18, U.S. Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein revealed...
The PRC’s strategic use of SOEs poses an existential threat to American economic sovereignty and security.
China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
The clock is ticking. Wednesday, March 19, marks the halfway point for the Trump administration’s 90-day review of U.S. contributions to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization...