Maoism

June 28, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

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...

May 31, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The fantasy of multipolarity

It would lead to brave new world order dominated by Chinese Communists

March 29, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Alternatives to ‘peace through strength’

None are preferable to robust deterrence

March 15, 2023 | Waller R. Newell, Clifford D. May

The Axis of Tyrannies

It will present an enormous challenge to free nations

November 30, 2022 | Matt Pottinger, Matthew Johnson, David Feith

Xi Jinping in His Own Words

What China’s Leader Wants—and How to Stop Him From Getting It

June 29, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The world as it is

Nikki Haley’s approach is not based on wishful thinking

April 26, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Why Xi Is Trapped in Ukraine

Now, it is Russia, not China, sitting in the geopolitical driver’s seat.

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.

December 15, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The empires strike back

America is threatened by neo-imperialists

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 7, 2021 | Benjamin Weinthal |

The Divided Self of John le Carré

The death of perhaps history’s greatest espionage writer John le Carré in December 2020 sparked a series of lively debates about the British novelist’s contradictory views toward Zionism, Jews and...

March 31, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

The end of the rules-based order?

China’s rulers have a new and unimproved version

September 30, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

‘Blue Homeland’ And The Irredentist Future Of Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies, nearly experienced a full-fledged military conflict in August. Two of their warships collided during a naval standoff over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern...

July 8, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Study war some more

World War II and the Cold War carry useful lessons

June 23, 2020 | David Kilcullen |

America in 2020: “Insurrection” or “Incipient Insurgency”?

In the two weeks of disorder that followed the death of George Floyd, 200 cities imposed curfews; 31 states and the District of Columbia called out the National Guard; active-duty U.S. troops deployed in...

April 29, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

How China’s Repressive Policies Could Fuel the Jihad

The CCP’s harsh treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang could very well drive more people into the arms of both al-Qaeda and ISIS.

April 15, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

The Coronavirus Pandemic Exposes Fault Lines in the ‘Great Power Competition’

Does the U.S. continue to work within the framework of existing global institutions or abandon those it sees as problematic?

January 20, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkey’s elite unsure whether Soleimani was hero or war criminal

Underscoring the absence of any clear position, Erdogan’s spokesperson called on all sides to act with “common sense,” and the Turkish Foreign Ministry invited “restraint and discretion.”

September 21, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

EXCLUSIVE: PayPal shuts German NGO account with links to Palestinian terrorists

The US online payment service PayPal has closed the account of the Germany-based NGO International Alliance – an organization that sympathizes with the Popular Front for the Liberation of P...

September 6, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

German Bank Shuts Account of Group Sympathetic to Palestinian Terrorists

The German bank Sparkasse last week closed the account of the International Alliance – an organization that  sympathizes with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) t...