Silicon Valley

December 9, 2023 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Risk Factors: Chinese companies are exploiting American capital markets

The Chinese fast fashion giant Shein has filed to go public in the U.S., with Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase and Morgan Stanley as lead underwriters. The IPO (initial public offering) is projected to...

March 3, 2023 | Craig Singleton |

How Silicon Valley Engineered China’s Protest Crackdowns

American software and equipment—from companies like Microsoft and Oracle—is deeply embedded throughout China’s police state.

August 23, 2021 | Matt Pottinger |

Beijing’s American Hustle

How Chinese Grand Strategy Exploits U.S. Power

May 13, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

We Should Not Underestimate China’s Military Ambitions

Suggestions that the People’s Republic is a ‘paper dragon’ are ill-informed and misleading.

May 10, 2021 | Michael Doran, Tony Badran

The Realignment

On Iran, Biden is finishing what Obama started. And his top advisers are all on board.

March 26, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Social Media Is an Intel Gold Mine. Why Aren’t Governments Using It?

“To platform or to deplatform” is the wrong debate.

March 19, 2021 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Good Climate Policy Should Fight Corruption and Organized Crime

They are key drivers of deforestation and environmental degradation.

August 13, 2020 | Craig Singleton |

Keeping China’s Digital Trojan Horses at Bay

Imagine if the people of ancient Troy had received advanced warning that the giant horse outside their fortified walls was not a gift, but instead an elaborate ruse to enable Greek infiltration of the city. According...

June 21, 2020 | Mark Dubowitz, Jonathan Schanzer

Countering China Is for the BIRDs

In 1950, as Cold War tensions were on the rise, President Harry Truman asked allies to stand and be counted. Israel reflexively stepped up and backed the president who bravely supported the creation of...

February 4, 2020 | Mikhael Smits  |

Trump administration puts freedom first

The Trump administration has declared 2020 the year of “Freedom First,” though you would be forgiven for having missed it. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the announcement at an event on human...

February 15, 2019 | Varsha Koduvayur |

Saudi Wealth Fund Woes Could Spell Worries for Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley is awash with Saudi money.

June 26, 2018 | Boris Zilberman |

Don’t Underestimate Economic Side of Russia’s Cyber Warfare

Russia knows how to spread chaos and outrage in American politics, but Russia may pose a far greater...

November 15, 2016 | Michael Ledeen

Another American Revolution

Donald Trump’s electoral victory surprised no end of pundits, not just because the polls were so off-base, but also because they couldn’t imagine the American people turning against a...

March 4, 2016 | David B. Rivkin, Jr.

Apple, the FBI and free speech: Column

It would be one thing if Apple could carry out a court order that it unlock an iPhone used by the San Bernardino terrorists simply by waving a magic wand. But encryption isn’t magic; the or...

July 22, 2015 |

Heading Toward An EMP Catastrophe

For over a decade now, since the Congressional EMP Commission delivered its first report to Congress eleven years ago in July of 2004, various Senate and House committees have heard from numerous scie...

July 9, 2015 | Aykan Erdemir

A Shift To a ‘Knowledge Economy’ Could Transform the Middle East

The Middle East has a long-established reputation for extremism, human rights abuses and underperforming economies. The region’s leaders tend to point the finger of respo...

June 14, 2013 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

The Costs and Benefits of the NSA

Should Americans fear the possible abuse of the intercept power of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland? Absolutely. In the midst of the unfolding scandal at the IRS, we understan...

February 11, 2013 |

Saudi Money Shaping US Research

Saudi Arabia’s oil reserves are expected to run dry in fifty years. This prospect has encouraged the Saudis to go shopping for cutting-edge science that can secure the kingdom’s futur...

September 4, 2012 |

Natural Gas for Cars

It’s the key to ending OPEC’s control over the U.S. transportation industry.

March 23, 2012 |

Chinese Blind Spot

Investigating Chinese surveillance is a rather lonely job. For all the dissidents yammering about dramatic arrests and torture and harvesting of organs, you can’t really guarantee publicati...