Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States

May 15, 2024 | Jon Pelson |

Congress must move to stop Beijing from making US rely on Chinese firms

The United States is determined to thwart Beijing’s efforts to secure victory around the world in three key areas: military, intelligence and diplomatic. Yet the greatest threat to US national security...

April 24, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski, David Rader

Economic Security is National Security

The United States needs an Economic Security Coordination Office to compete economically with China.

August 14, 2023 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Biden Establishes Review Process to Regulate China-Bound Investment in Key Industries 

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday that enables the Treasury Department to review and block outbound private-sector investment in China within key industries that are critical to...

September 28, 2022 | Nathan Picarsic, Emily de La Bruyère

American Semiconductor Leadership Suffers from Bad Defense, No Offense

“America invented the semiconductor,” declared President Joe Biden upon signing the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, a $280 billion bill intended to strengthen the U.S. semiconductor industry,...

March 9, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer, Shira Efron, Martijn Rasser, Alice Hickson

Aligning U.S.-Israeli Cooperation on Technology Issues and China

Executive Summary The United States and Israel have a long history of working together as close allies. Theirs is a relationship based on common values and security interests. In recent years, the alliance’s...

February 24, 2022 | Nathan Picarsic, Jonathan Schanzer

Anti-China for thee but not for we

Washington has in recent years given Israel an earful about its economic ties to China. Israel has responded positively, even at the risk of inviting short-term economic harm. Recently, Israel rejected...

April 1, 2021 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

How to Protect America’s Heartland from Global Corruption

When outside real estate money moved into Cleveland in a big way starting in 2008, locals were upbeat. Investors were betting on the “upside of a Midwestern city” that had been passed by, The Plain...

June 22, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

How to Beat China’s Military-Civil Fusion

China’s strategy relies on poaching foreign technology. Ours should be geared toward stopping them.

May 19, 2020 | Varsha Koduvayur, Greg Everett

COVID-19 Makes the Reinvigoration of American Manufacturing a National-Security Concern

Fortunately, an existing government entity provides a model for repatriating the production of medical supplies and other key products.

May 10, 2020 | Jacob Nagel, Jonathan Schanzer

Pompeo to Israel: A Scene Setter

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting Israel on Wednesday. It will be the first international trip by a senior American official since the COVID-19 pandemic began. During his visit, Pompeo...

March 19, 2020 | Jacob Nagel, Jonathan Schanzer

Coronavirus crisis and its future influence on Israel-China-US relations

The coronavirus has Israel in lockdown. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has so far managed to contain the crisis through extreme measures. The crisis will almost certainly get worse, but it will at some...

November 5, 2019 | John Hannah, Annie Fixler

Israel Acts to Counter Chinese Corporate Influence

Israel’s caretaker government announced the formation of a new advisory committee last week to review foreign investment in critical sectors of the economy. After months of debate, Israel has taken an...

February 28, 2017 | Eric B. Lorber

Economic Coercion, with a Chinese Twist

During the campaign and through the early days of the Trump administration, policymakers and pundits have zeroed in on the U.S. economic relationship with China, in parti...

February 8, 2017 | Eric B. Lorber |

Here’s How the U.S. Could Better Wield Its Economic Clout

As the Trump administration settles into office, it inherits powerful tools of economic statecraft to safeguard U.S. national security. These include sophisticated economic sanctions, anti-money...

January 23, 2015 | FDD Press Release

FDD Names Board of Advisors to Help Guide Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance

WASHINGTON – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today announced 18 experts who will serve as members of the Board of Advisors for its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF)....

October 18, 2013 | |

Moscow’s American Uranium

By Matt Baker The state-owned Russian nuclear energy company that built Iran’s nuclear reactor in Bushehr is about to finalize a transaction that will give Russia absolute...

November 16, 2010 | New American

Texans Uneasy Over Chinese Oil Investment in Lone Star State

The mainstream news has been relatively quiet in the last month about a recent and significant Chinese investment in South Texas oil. But Tom Pauken, chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission, has...

February 23, 2006 |

The Politically Correct vs. the Politically Ridiculous

No heroes in the port drama.