Global Times

November 7, 2024 | Jack Burnham, Craig Singleton

China’s Careful Reaction to U.S. Election Masks Deepening Rift

China’s restrained response to President-elect Donald Trump’s victory sharply contrasts with its months-long campaign to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral process and sow societal discord....

March 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Russia, China, and Iran deepen ties with naval drill

Russia, Iran, and China have conducted at least four naval drills in the past. However, this year’s are larger, and they come amidst rising tensions in the Red Sea and off the coast of Yemen.

April 21, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

China’s COVID-19 Crisis Threatens to Derail Xi’s Ambitious Economic Agenda

The fallout from Chinese Communist Party (CCP) General Secretary Xi Jinping’s failed zero-COVID-19 policies threatens to undermine public trust in CCP governance in ways not seen since the Tiananmen era....

February 8, 2022 | Bradley Bowman, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Ryan Brobst, Zane Zovak

China, Russia, and Iran Hold Trilateral Naval Drill

China and Russia, America’s increasingly aligned great power adversaries, teamed up with Iran last month to hold a trilateral naval exercise in the Gulf of Oman and northern Indian Ocean, which Tehran...

January 22, 2022 | Cleo Paskal |

‘China’s Media Warfare seeks global totalitarian thought control’

India and other countries would do well to study how China employs Media Warfare to try to undermine Taiwan’s democratic institutions, fracture national unity, demoralize the public and military, and create social instability in pursuit of its goal of annexing this sovereign country.

December 22, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Biden’s defense of democracy

It left a lot to be desired

November 5, 2021 | Annie Fixler, Louis Gilbertson

China Consolidates Rare Earth Supply Chain

Peng Huagang, secretary general of China’ State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, confirmed last month that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) will “promote the restructuring of...

September 27, 2021 | Bradley Bowman, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

AUKUS: Good Goals, Bad Implementation

Now begins the real work for the United States and its democratic allies: cooperating to strengthen their eroding deterrence in the Indo-Pacific.

September 18, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

AUKUS is a big deal, for everyone

In India, the already entrenched and active French lobby in Delhi will likely use this to try drive a wedge between the US and India (something they already work on) in part to protect/promote their sales. The catastrophic US withdrawal from Afghanistan may also be used as an example of US ‘unreliability.’

August 18, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

President Biden had options

He chose the worst of them

December 16, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Chinese Communist Party’s Human Hack of Western Companies

There may be a frightening number of potential CCP loyalists in Western companies and consulates around the globe.

November 12, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

America’s Biggest Adversaries Have Been Mostly Silent on Biden’s Election

China and Russia are waiting and seeing, but the Taliban has acknowledged the president-elect.

October 13, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Beijing’s Bid for a Maritime ‘God View’: Military-Civil Fusion Power Projection and Threats to Supply Chain Integrity

On September 30, the White House issued its second critical mineral executive order since 2017. The Executive Order on Addressing the Threat to the Domestic Supply Chain from Reliance on Critical Minerals...

July 26, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

There’s a Bigger Threat Than Big Tech. It’s Big China

As lawmakers grill U.S. technology CEOs, they should ask not just about their near-monopoly power today, but also about staving off Chinese dominance tomorrow.

July 14, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

Five reasons it’s smart to ban Chinese apps

Both President Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo are openly talking about emulating India’s ban on some Chinese mobile phone apps. While this may seem trivial, it is actually a surprisingly...

July 4, 2020 | Cleo Paskal |

Watch China’s actions, don’t listen to its words

Beijing’s parasitic model weakens the global economy, its traditional hosts are becoming poorer. Which is likely one of the reasons why Beijing is now so focused on leeching off of Africa, South America, and others. It’s also why being blocked from a market such as India could be a serious problem.