China and the U.S. Are Careening Toward a South China Sea Crisis
A failure of deterrence risks pushing the region into deeper conflict.
A failure of deterrence risks pushing the region into deeper conflict.
The recent surge of Chinese nationals attempting to illegally enter the United States via Mexico has increased 50-fold, from 689 in 2021 to 37,000 in 2023, placing heightened...
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Expect China to double down on political warfare.
At Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base, China is nearing completion of what U.S. officials suspect will be its first overseas military outpost in the Indo-Pacific...
To withstand threats from China’s economic troubles, Xi stays focused on security.
Xi feels vindicated over Putin’s style of governance—but has made a bad bet on the Russian leader.
The outcome of this month’s hotly contested Paraguayan election will likely determine whether Asuncion maintains diplomatic relations with Taipei or switches recognition to Beijing, a move that would...
Beijing’s phony proposal lays bare its conditions for winning an East Asian war.
Politicians, like generals, have a tendency to fight the last war. But Chinese leader Xi Jinping likely understands that he cannot wage a future conflict over Taiwan by replicating the strategy that failed...
China’s COVID-19 crisis will worsen further as tens of millions travel from the country’s largest cities to their hometowns in the rural interior during this month’s Lunar New Year celebration. Chinese...
Beijing is shifting its global influence campaigns from propaganda to blatant election interference.
With China’s leader, what you see is what you get. That’s good news for Western policymakers.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) this week voted down a proposal from the United States, Britain, Turkey, and others to hold a debate about the Chinese government’s persecution of Uighur...
Cracks have emerged in their marriage of convenience, but the two autocrats are in it for the long haul.
The nuclear agreement could unleash Chinese activity in the Gulf and complicate U.S. goals in the Indo-Pacific.
The United States, in partnership with other Group of 7 (G7) nations, launched an initiative last week aimed at raising $600 billion to fund infrastructure projects in low- and middle-income countries over...
China scored several diplomatic victories last week at the World Health Organization (WHO) and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), amplifying concerns about the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) efforts...
Excerpt Bowing to Chinese pressure for the fifth year in a row, the World Health Organization (WHO) is set to arbitrarily deny Taiwan’s request to attend the global health body’s annual agenda-setting...
President Joe Biden hosted an in-person summit last week with leaders from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a bloc of 10 countries with a total annual GDP of approximately $3 trillion....