Xinjiang

The Case for a Second Front in the War on Fentanyl

Follow the money — specifically, the role of Chinese gangs in cleaning cartel cash.

Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Polysilicon and Its Derivatives

Ahmed Al-Shara’s Foreign Jihadist Problem

The man President Donald Trump hailed as a “tough guy” who will bring stability to Syria is empowering extremists tied to Al Qaeda.

Syrian military integrates Al Qaeda-linked terror group into its ranks

The new Syrian government is integrating a Central Asian terrorist group that is part of Al Qaeda’s network into its military, despite the objections of US President Donald Trump. The head of this terror...

China and Russia Rejoice as the U.S. Cuts Its Global Media

Now is the time to rethink how America conducts information warfare and prioritize influence and psychological operations against authoritarian states.

Countering Beijing’s Denial, Kyiv Claims That More Than 150 Chinese Nationals Are Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Rather than sue for peace, Russia has banked on Chinese assistance to expand its war in Ukraine. ...

Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services Supply Chain

Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Missed Milestones

Evaluating The Last Four Years in the EAP Region and Unseized Opportunities Under President Trump

Syrian Government Uses Islamic Teaching to Recruit, Train New Security Forces

Syria’s new leaders insist they are committed to religious tolerance, yet they are employing their preferred variant of Sunni Islamic beliefs to recruit and train the country’s new security forces....

‘The Cruelty of Forced Labor’: U.S. Bans Imports from 37 Chinese Firms Implicated in Uyghur Genocide 

The United States has extended its efforts to punish Chinese firms suspected of using forced labor from the country’s northwestern Xinjiang region, where the predominantly Muslim Uyghur minority is facing...

Biotech Battlefield

Weaponizing Innovation in the Age of Genomics

A fake genocide meets a real one

The obsession with Jews and Israel diverts column inches and airtime away from humanitarian crises that are far more dire than Gaza and far more intractable.

Ireland Submits Declaration to Join South Africa’s ICJ ‘Genocide’ Case Against Israel

Ireland Challenges ‘Genocide’ Definition: Ireland formally intervened on January 7 in South Africa’s “genocide” case against Israel at the International Court of Justice...

‘Systematic Murder’: Biden Administration Calls Out Genocide in Sudan

RSF Murders and Rapes Non-Arab Civilians: The State Department on January 7 accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its affiliated Arab militias in Sudan of committing genocide...

MSCI Continues Anti-Israel ESG Ratings as Morningstar Removes Its Own

The reliability of the New York-based investment research firm MSCI’s environmental, social, governance (ESG) ratings for thousands of U.S. and international enterprises is undergoing critical scrutiny...

The Near Enemy: China’s Subnational Reach Into the United States

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Federal Appeals Court Upholds TikTok Ban in Serious Setback for Chinese Influence Operations

A federal appeals court has upheld a law forcing the TikTok social media platform — a conduit for Chinese influence operations and information harvesting — to be sold by its Chinese parent company...

What’s being missed? Amnesty International, ICC, UN, and Israel

Chinese Support for Russia Gives U.S. Opening to Seek EU Collaboration on Countering Beijing

In the wake of a September report that Russia is producing long-range attack drones in China for use in its aggression against Ukraine, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated on November 18 that he would...

What’s Driving MSCI’s Anti-Israel ESG Ratings

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