High tariffs create strong incentives to evade them. More than 40 percent of textile shipments flagged for analysis by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) were either “mis-declared or mis-described”...
A few hopefully helpful notes on Iran’s “Islamic Revolutionaries”
The United States and China remain stuck in a stalemate, but Beijing isn’t likely to be disappointed. President Trump and Chinese paramount leader Xi Jinping convened in Beijing on May 14 to 15 to...
Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy
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...
Despite appearances, the ceasefire is no guarantee of the Islamic Republic’s survival.
The scandal thrust financial secrecy into the spotlight. Why is dirty money still such a big problem?
Tehran is getting evicted. For about three decades, the clerical regime has owned prime real estate in Midtown Manhattan. On March 23, the Southern District of New York announced its entry into a settlement...
President Trump went to war with Iran, but success depends on whether Washington ensures the Iranian regime truly ends.
China's Auto Threat to America
November is shaping up to be an historic month at the White House. After welcoming Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa to the Oval Office on November 10, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) will...
Washington is moving to block China and other adversaries from buying U.S. farmland and hacking our food supply. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its National Farm Security...
Modernizing U.S. Economic Statecraft
The PRC’s strategic use of SOEs poses an existential threat to American economic sovereignty and security.