World Trade Organization

September 11, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

Twenty-three years into the long war

The threat matrix keeps expanding

December 27, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Restoring deterrence

That should be America’s most urgent task in the New Year

December 21, 2023 | Reuel Marc Gerecht, Ray Takeyh

The Mullahs and the Dragon

Tehran and Beijing, in a dangerous alliance

September 15, 2023 | Akhil Ramesh, Cleo Paskal

From Non-Alignment to Realignment

The US and India expanded cooperation across various domains in the second reporting period of 2023. The two moved to materialize projects and initiatives that were conceived in the first quarter,...

September 3, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

Northern Mariana: Time to close China’s backdoor into the U.S.

‘The Northern Marianas economy continues to struggle, and the government remains in deep fiscal distress. These are conditions that make the commonwealth acutely vulnerable to CCP exploitation’.

June 16, 2023 | Emily de La Bruyère |

Biden wants a ‘thaw’ with China. What would that take?

The Chinese Communist Party follows a deliberate, consistent strategy toward the United States that has not changed — and will not anytime soon. That strategy’s overarching goal is to overtake...

May 31, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The fantasy of multipolarity

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

May 3, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The new – or perhaps renewed – Cold War

You can’t win it if you don’t know you’re in it

April 8, 2023 | Cleo Paskal |

Friends of China have huge influence on Capitol Hill: Grant Newsham

‘When Beijing throws in the allure of money, they make short work of Wall Street and America’s business class—and academia as well.’

November 16, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The president’s speech

The one he should give (but don’t hold your breath)

October 14, 2022 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

It’s time for the US to revoke China’s ‘normal trade’ status

It’s an economic adversary and we should treat it as such

August 4, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Xi’s Great Leap Backward

Beijing is running out of recipes for its looming jobs crisis—and reviving Mao-era policies.

July 6, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

Shaping the future of the world

Either we do it or our enemies do it

June 17, 2022 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Gabriel Scheinmann

U.S. Restraint Has Created an Unstable and Dangerous World

Decades of ignoring the menaces posed by Russia and China has led the West to a precipice.

March 16, 2022 | Clifford D. May |

The fall of the Golden Arch Theory

Enriching tyrants doesn’t prevent wars after all

March 12, 2022 | James Brooke |

Russia sanctions grow faster, larger than South Africa sanctions in 1980s

When I lived in Moscow, I worked for Bloomberg, banked at Citibank, used my Visa card at Ikea, lunched at McDonald’s and flew home on Aeroflot to New York. As of this week, all that is over. As more than...

February 8, 2022 | Craig Singleton |

Don’t Buy the Xi-Putin Hype

Beijing went out of its way to downplay the summit's significance, revealing a potential wedge for the West.

December 22, 2021 | Eric S. Edelman, David J. Kramer, Ian Kelly

Putin Can’t Be Allowed to Re-Divide Europe

Moscow’s latest treaty proposals are just another attempt to usurp the sovereignty of its neighbors.

October 18, 2021 | Zane Zovak, Craig Singleton

U.S. Trade Representative Outlines Roadmap for China Trade Policy, But Provides Few Details

U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai announced during a speech last week an initial roadmap for managing trade disputes with China. However, Tai’s address, which followed a lengthy internal...

August 13, 2021 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Natalie Thompson

What the U.S. Competition and Innovation Act Gets Right About Standards

International technical standards set the foundation for the billions of digital devices that people worldwide rely on. The standards ensure that mobile devices produced in China can connect to Swedish...