Mao Zedong

September 14, 2022 | Matt Pottinger |

Protecting Americans’ Private Information from Hostile Foreign Powers

September 3, 2022 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

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.

August 4, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Xi’s Great Leap Backward

Beijing is running out of recipes for its looming jobs crisis—and reviving Mao-era policies.

June 13, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

China’s Crisis of Confidence

What if, instead of being a competitor, China can no longer afford to compete at all?

March 25, 2022 | Aykan Erdemir, Kursat Gok

Meet the Turkish Oligarch Who’s Pushing Kremlin Talking Points

Ethem Sancak helps Erdogan straddle the NATO and Russia positions in the Ukraine war.

February 24, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Biden’s China Policy Could Benefit From Reflecting on Nixon’s Historic Beijing Visit

Nixon’s trip to China 50 years ago is known as “the week that changed the world.” If Biden wants to improve his political fortunes he would do well to learn from it.

January 28, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Xi Jinping Is Watching His Back

His rhetoric has taken a paranoid turn—and holing himself up in Beijing hasn’t helped.

January 4, 2022 | Zane Zovak |

Don’t Let China Weaponize the 2022 Winter Olympics

While a full boycott would unfairly punish American athletes, there are other measures Washington should take.

November 20, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

Decoding the CCP: BRI means Bribery and Repression Initiative

If we let the CCP get into our heads and shape our language, we are letting it shape our thoughts, which shape our actions.

September 27, 2021 | Craig Singleton |

Xi Takes a Page From Mao’s Red Playbook

Like Mao’s consolidation of power, in the coming year Xi will also further intertwine foreign and domestic crises, even at the risk of potentially serious flair ups with Washington over Taiwan.

July 21, 2021 | Craig Singleton |

The Chinese Communist Party’s New Loyalty Push Exposes Xi’s Insecurities

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) last week issued a new set of guidelines regarding its ideological and political work, one that targets not only CCP members but “all of [Chinese] society.” The announcement,...

July 14, 2021 | David Adesnik |

Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: Early July

May 27, 2021 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Defusing Military-Civil Fusion

The Need to Identify and Respond to Chinese Military Companies

March 17, 2021 | Craig Singleton |

There Is No Going Back: Xi’s Vision at China’s National People’s Congress

In preparation for the 100th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) founding in July, Chinese President Xi Jinping used this month’s National People’s Congress (NPC) to cement his...

February 27, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

Democracies still don’t understand CCP’s political warfare: Kerry Gershaneck

‘Both India and the US have pro-China factions, for reasons ranging from simple greed to leftist, pro-totalitarian ideology. Consequently, it has been difficult to develop a national consensus to fight...

January 2, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

In U.S. backyard: How China embedded itself in Canada

Since the 1970s, there have been important political and economic pro-China vectors emanating out of Montreal and Ottawa. Since then, that have broadened to influential pro-Beijing groups across Canada. Canada...

December 15, 2020 | Craig Singleton |

China’s Military Aims

October 21, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Beijing’s new world order

For countless centuries, tribes have fought and conquered other tribes, nations have fought and conquered other nations, empires have fought and conquered other empires. After World War II, a different...

July 29, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

Was Nixon Wrong About China?

It might be time to question the conventional wisdom.

June 30, 2020 | Clifford D. May, Nathan Picarsic, Emily de La Bruyère

Pivoting Toward China

In 1972, Nixon went to China, where he met with Communist leader Mao Zedong. Thanks to that bold diplomatic initiative, the United States and the People’s Republic learned to peacefully co-exist, living...