Sun Tzu

Targeting Taiwan

Beijing’s Playbook for Economic and Cyber Warfare

Taiwan, under the guns

The most powerful Communist regime ever threatens its democratic neighbor

Why Ukraine’s Kursk incursion may be a game-changer for Putin

Ukraine has launched a major military operation to stab, grab and hold territory inside Russia. The move is historic, marking the first time since World War II that the armed forces of a sovereign country...

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

The Corruption War: Russia Is Losing The War For The Same Reason It Started It

On Feb. 21, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin cited corruption as a motivator for his decision to invade Ukraine.  While complaining about Ukrainian corruption in his televised speech on...

If China Cracked U.S. Encryption, Why Would It Tell Us?

Assuming the math works (which it doesn’t), why would China sacrifice significant strategic advantage for academic bragging rights?

China’s Accelerating CEEW Campaign

Making Sense of Iran’s Three-Pronged Nuclear Fork In The Road

US officials have deployed an impressive array of metaphors over the past 10 months – from dwindling patience, to a diminishing runway, to a closing window – to describe the Biden administration’s...

Anticipating the Biden Administration’s New North Korea Policy

The heart of the administration’s new Korea policy will likely focus on implementing the relevant UN Security Council resolutions to achieve North Korea’s verifiable nuclear dismantlement.

Retain American Power, Do Not Restrain It

The call for the United States to show “restraint” by withdrawing from foreign entanglements and keeping the focus at home is growing in foreign-policy circles – and not just in the Trump administration....

“Endless Wars” and the Danger of Ignoring History

Protection from China’s Comprehensive National Power Requires Comprehensive National Defense

Those trying to describe China’s strategy often invoke the two-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Art of War. But some more recent sources might be helpful as well – in particular documents looking at...

The Dangerous Illusion of Restraining U.S. Power

Isolationists among both Democrats and Republicans want to withdraw from foreign entanglements. That would make the world much less safe.

In Confronting Beijing, Let’s Not Hold Ourselves Prisoner to the Cold War

China’s efforts to withhold critically important, time-sensitive information about COVID-19 and its recent provocations in Hong Kong and the South China Sea have gripped Washington in recent weeks,...

China’s political warfare strategy takes hit from coronavirus

The Wuhan coronavirus, or SARS-CoV-2 as the World Health Organization has named it and the Chinese would prefer it to be called, may be on the verge of becoming a pandemic. If it continues to spread,...

Tehran’s tyrants have been provoked

Excerpt “So in war, the way is to avoid what is strong and to strike at what is weak,” notes the famed Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu. President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw troops...

Why endless wars can’t be ended

There’s no chance America’s enemies will leave us in peace.