Palau under CCP pressure to switch recognition from Taiwan to China
The President of Palau, Surangel Whipps Jr., speaks to The Sunday Guardian on what his Pacific Island Country is facing.
Taiwan
A C2 Structure for a Strong U.S.-Japan Alliance
This commentary is part of the Exploring New Horizons: Japan’s Defense Priorities project, a CSIS Japan Chair initiative featuring analysis by leading Japanese and American scholars examining the implications...
Op-eds
Marines Need to Move beyond Their Amphibious-Assault Past
Shifting the USMC's concept of operations will help confront China.
Op-eds
Remarks by Matt Pottinger to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen
Madam President, Thank you for meeting with us today. I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to you, your government, and the people of Taiwan for the very warm welcome we received this week....
Remarks
Cyber Resilience Helps Democracies Prevail Against Authoritarian Disinformation Campaigns
The key is to mitigate attacks on communications systems and unmask attempts to corrupt the information environment.
Op-eds
Five urgent steps to prevent American military defeat in the Pacific
As lawmakers in Washington move this month to consider the fiscal 2024 defense budget and annual defense authorization bill, the United States is on a path toward military defeat in the Pacific. China’s...
Op-eds
A Perilous Equation: Khamenei’s Nuclear Ambitions and Washington’s Inaction
Washington acknowledges that there is no simple way to return to the original nuclear deal with Iran, yet the lack of a viable alternative leaves the Biden administration seemingly rudderless.
Op-eds
How Congress Can Fix Biden’s Failed U.N. Strategy
Countries from around the world gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, over the past week for the World Health Organization’s annual assembly, but Taiwan was not among them. Pressure from Beijing thwarted requests...
Op-eds
The fantasy of multipolarity
It would lead to brave new world order dominated by Chinese Communists
Op-eds
Xi Doubles Down on Ideological Indoctrination at the Expense of China’s Economic Recovery
In several speeches and policy pronouncements this spring, Chinese leader Xi Jinping outlined plans for a sweeping indoctrination drive aimed at tightening his hold on power. Xi’s declarations re-affirm...
Policy Briefs
China Is Bailing Out Its Bad Bets, and Handing the West a Geopolitical Opening
China has created its own subprime infrastructure crisis, and now it is trying to bail itself out. The rescue efforts are focused on loans for China’s much-touted Belt and Road Initiative, or BRI, Beijing’s...
Op-eds
The real power behind Paraguay’s new president
On Sunday April 30, moments after giving his acceptance speech, Paraguay’s president-elect Santiago Peña welcomed the former president, Horacio Cartes, to join him on the podium. The adoring crowd erupted...
Insights
China and Russia Encourage Iran to Go Nuclear
An aloof U.S. leaves a regional vacuum that the Islamic Republic is exploiting brilliantly.
Op-eds
Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: May
Welcome back to the Biden Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy.
Policy Tracker
Great Powers Don’t Default
The Dangers of Debt-Ceiling Brinkmanship
Op-eds
Upcoming Paraguayan Election a Bellwether for Taiwan’s International Standing
The outcome of this month’s hotly contested Paraguayan election will likely determine whether Asuncion maintains diplomatic relations with Taipei or switches recognition to Beijing, a move that would...
Policy Briefs
French Twist
Emmanuel Macron cozies up to the Chinese Communist Party
Op-eds
Losing Latin America
The U.S. retreats while China’s Communist rulers advance
Op-eds
Taiwan Needs Our Help Now
A missile contract that won’t be fulfilled until 2029 demonstrates that our foreign military sales program is unacceptably slow.
Op-eds
Why Taiwan’s tech sector is beyond Beijing’s reach
Excerpt The recent meeting between Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) brought predictable threats of “consequences” from Beijing, as China launched...