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Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October

The Lasting Legacy of A.Q. Khan

His network sold substantial nuclear equipment and assistance to Iran, Libya, and North Korea and contributed to lasting security crises.

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September

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.’

Hamas fighter with American citizenship killed in recent Gaza conflict

An American citizen known as Osama al-Zebda was fighting with the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the so-called “armed wing” of Hamas, during the recent battle in Gaza. An official confirmed this with FDD’s...

Hezbollah’s al-Qard al-Hasan and Lebanon’s Banking Sector

Diplomatic Arson in the Middle East

The Biden administration’s torching of U.S.-Saudi relations

OPCW Member States Must Counter Russian Obstruction

North Korean Hackers Could Ramp Up Cyberattacks on COVID-19 Targets in Near Future

During a closed-door parliamentary session on Tuesday, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) informed the National Assembly that North Korea’s state-sponsored hackers are attacking South...

With Trump Gone and COVID-19 Vaccines Arriving, Iran-China Trade Will Flourish in 2021

New data from Beijing show that China’s imports last year from the Islamic Republic fell to their lowest level since 2005; meanwhile, China’s exports to Iran reached their lowest level since 2009. However,...

Curb Your Enthusiasm for an Israel-Pakistan Peace Agreement

While Pakistan has good reasons to normalize relations with Israel, domestic and geopolitical compulsions stand in the way.

The death threat to free speech in France

Islamists are using violence to command silence

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...

Two More Reasons to Worry About China

Keep an eye on China’s relationship with Cuba, for starters.

Checking China’s Diplomatic Piracy in the South China Sea

China appears keen to bring piracy back as an instrument of foreign policy, but the days of eye patches and wooden legs are long gone. Instead, Beijing’s most effective raiding parties prefer business...

How to burst CCP’s balloon

The thing that scares the CCP even more than a country pushing back on multiple fronts, is countries banding together to multiply their ability to push back.

Why we should invite Hong Kong businesses to move to the United States

In a speech to U.S. governors in February, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned that China was actively working to exploit American vulnerabilities at all levels. Two can play at that game. In...

Iran-China Trade Plummets Despite Plans for Strategic Partnership

Chinese customs data show that trade with Iran continues to fall sharply, primarily because Beijing is buying less and less crude oil from Tehran. Despite reports that Iran and China are poised to conclude...

From India’s Himalayan Border to Our Local Cell Networks, It’s Time to Push Back Against China

High in the Himalayan mountains, Chinese soldiers ambushed Indian troops this week, resulting in a brutal battle on the Indian side of their shared border. Twenty Indians were killed, while China won’t...

China’s Skirmish With India Is Only Its Latest Aggression During the Pandemic

The clash in the Galwan river valley will exacerbate concerns regarding the CCP’s intentions.