How Mao is Outsmarting Madison in American K-12 Classrooms
In a legislative blitz last week, the House of Representatives passed 25 bills to counter Beijing’s growing influence and protect Americans from threats associated with everything...
Mao Zedong
Orienting Economic Statecraft for China’s Military-Civil Fusion: LiDAR in the Field
In 2015, China updated the concept of “military-civil fusion” to national strategy. Over the past five years, the United States national security apparatus has been trying to catch up to...
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Taiwan, under the guns
The most powerful Communist regime ever threatens its democratic neighbor
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Would Trump re-establish peace through strength?
As should be clear by now, the alternative is war through weakness
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Iran’s Raisi joins long list of political leaders involved in mysterious crashes
It isn't expected that presidents should go missing or be involved in crashes. However, historically, a number of important political and military leaders have met their end in crashes.
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No better enemy
America empowers its adversaries
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Anniversary of a forever war
Seventy years ago, the Korean War didn’t quite end
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Yes, Xi Jinping is a dictator, and he should be proud of it
What’s Xi Jinping getting his knickers in a knot about? Was it a diplomatic faux pas for President Biden to call him — at a campaign fundraiser — a “dictator”? Of course. Was...
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The fantasy of multipolarity
It would lead to brave new world order dominated by Chinese Communists
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Xi Doubles Down on Ideological Indoctrination at the Expense of China’s Economic Recovery
In several speeches and policy pronouncements this spring, Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined plans for a sweeping indoctrination drive aimed at tightening his hold on power. Xi’s declarations re-affirm...
Policy Briefs
French Twist
Emmanuel Macron cozies up to the Chinese Communist Party
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The Axis of Tyrannies
It will present an enormous challenge to free nations
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Anything goes
Extremist ideologies are proliferating
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Xi’s struggle
China’s Communist ruler isn’t just playing games
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Xi Jinping in His Own Words
What China’s Leader Wants—and How to Stop Him From Getting It
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Truth or consequences
The Saudi crown prince has some legitimate grievances
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Waiting for Thermidor: America’s Foreign Policy Towards Iran
The Islamic Republic of Iran may be on an accelerated schedule for revolutionary decay, at least if compared to the USSR.
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Xi’s Great Leap Backward
Beijing is running out of recipes for its looming jobs crisis—and reviving Mao-era policies.
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China’s Crisis of Confidence
What if, instead of being a competitor, China can no longer afford to compete at all?
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Meet the Turkish Oligarch Who’s Pushing Kremlin Talking Points
Ethem Sancak helps Erdogan straddle the NATO and Russia positions in the Ukraine war.