Taiwan

November 7, 2025 | |

China’s Newest Aircraft Carrier Enters Service as Japan Watches Warily

Third Carrier in Service: China’s newest aircraft carrier, the Fujian, officially entered service after a commissioning ceremony earlier this week attended by Chinese President...

October 30, 2025 | |

U.S. Cuts Tariffs, Lowers Trade Tensions With China After Trump-Xi Meeting

Trump and Xi Meet: President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on October 30, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. When...

October 29, 2025 | |

‘Valuable Model’: Taiwan’s President Lauds Israel’s Air Defenses After Announcing Iron Dome Style System

Taiwanese President Says Country Can Learn From Israel: Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te praised Israel’s military defenses as a model for his country while speaking to an American...

October 24, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Death of Daniel Suidani shows how China gets the better of Quad

Daniel Suidani scared the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) more than Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, freedom of navigation patrols through the South China Sea, and a newly commissioned nuclear...

October 19, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Australia Watches as Chinese Proxies Try to Jail Opposition

On October 20 the verdict is due in a legally spurious case of unlawful assembly against Daniel Suidani and another pro-democracy leader Celsus Talifilu in the Solomon Islands.

October 7, 2025 | Daniel Swift |

How Africa Can Shift Supply Chains from China

The United States can make a focused bet on African economies and reduce its dependence on Chinese supply chains.

October 7, 2025 | Leah Siskind |

Lawmakers ‘Bullseye and Bait’ in AI-Driven Deepfake Campaigns

Elected officials are both the bullseye and the bait for AI-driven influence campaigns launched by foreign adversaries. They are targeted with disinformation meant to sway their opinions and votes, while...

October 7, 2025 | Craig Singleton |

Combatting PRC Illegal, Coercive, Aggressive, and Deceptive Behavior in the Indo-Pacific

October 2, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Jiwon Ma

Resilient Networks; Disruptions to Communications

September 25, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Max Lesser

5 Recent Instances of Foreign Malign Influence Threatening U.S. National Security

America is letting its adversaries win the information war. The latest blow to U.S. efforts to fight this war came in August, when the U.S. intelligence community learned of the reduction in size and reorganization...

September 17, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Indian Re-emergence and the Foreign Policy Boom

Look into India’s eyes today and you’ll see it—quiet, youthful confidence reshaping the nation and its place in the world.

September 16, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

China Creates ‘Nature Reserve’ To Boost Its Sovereignty Claims in the South China Sea

Not content with building artificial islands and bullying its neighbors, China is increasingly using its domestic environmental laws to cement its illegal territorial grabs in the South China Sea. On September...

September 11, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Jiwon Ma

Moving To Secure Electronics Supply Chain, Federal Communications Commission Bans 7 Chinese Test Labs

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accelerated its efforts to keep Beijing out of America’s electronics supply chains. On September 8, the FCC announced plans to withdraw recognition of...

September 11, 2025 | Max Lesser, Maria Riofrio

FDD Uncovers Likely Chinese Intelligence Operation That Began More Than 3 Years Ago

September 9, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Dr. Erica Lonergan, Joe Dougherty

Building the Future U.S. Cyber Force

What Right Looks Like

September 5, 2025 | Ben Cohen |

Norway extends its Israel divestment campaign to the United States

Anti-Zionist ideology has crystallized as the dominant form of antisemitism in this century, with labor unions engaging it, and in some cases, propelling it.

September 4, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Johanna Yang, Craig Singleton, Jack Burnham

10 Takeaways From Simulated Attacks on Taiwan’s Energy Sector

China seeks not just to intimidate Taiwan, but to methodically erode its sovereignty — using coercive tools short of war to compel submission without firing a shot. FDD experts facilitated a two-day...

September 4, 2025 | Ryan Brobst, Jack Burnham, Bradley Bowman

China’s Military Parade Showcases Advanced Weapons and Growing Ties With Russia, Iran, and North Korea

Tiananmen Square shuddered as advanced Chinese military hardware rolled past the leaders of the Axis of Aggressors — Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, and North Korea’s Kim Jong-Un. Wednesday’s parade, attended by about two dozen foreign leaders, was intended to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II — despite the limited role the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) played in that conflict.

September 3, 2025 | Bradley Bowman |

Xi’s military parade showed just how dangerous China has become

With the leaders of Russia, Iran, and North Korea watching, Beijing conducted a massive parade on Wednesday, demonstrating the results of a years-long effort by the Chinese Communist Party to build a military...

August 15, 2025 | Jiwon Ma, Jack Burnham

Promoting the Integrity and Security of Telecommunications Certifications Bodies, Measurement Facilities, and the Equipment Authorization Program