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May 20, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

Defund ICC’s ‘kangaroo court’ as it wages anti-Israel lawfare

The Netherlands-based International Criminal Court on Monday exposed itself as a deeply antisemitic and politicized institution that ignores facts and jurisdiction to conduct lawfare against democracies...

April 11, 2024 | Richard Goldberg |

MSCI ESG Ratings May Violate State Anti-BDS Laws

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 17 other state attorneys general sent a letter on March 28 to financial analytics firm MSCI Inc. following a report the firm may be imposing punitive environmental,...

February 28, 2024 | Josh Birenbaum, Elaine K. Dezenski

Transparency Will Go a Long Way To Patch Up U.S.-China Relations

Trade relations between China and the United States—the two largest economies in the world—are suffering from rising tensions and heightened geopolitical risk. Much of the uncertainty in the relationship...

February 28, 2024 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

China’s Belt and Road Initiative is bringing new risks to Europe

China’s grand vision of the world-changing BRI may have not been realised, but something else is emerging in its wake — a powerful lever to bend authoritarian-leaning countries toward Chinese interests

January 17, 2024 | Clifford D. May |

The blood libel at The Hague

Anti-Israeli genocidaires accuse Israelis of genocide

November 8, 2023 | Josh Birenbaum |

China Is Trying to Change What Human Rights Mean

The party’s loose approach to basic facts permeates other more complex issues with concrete and damaging consequences for how China interacts with the world.

October 30, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

How Hamas Angled for Russia-China Support

Moscow and Beijing have their reasons to hope for Hamas’ survival.

October 18, 2023 | Matt Pottinger |

Remarks by Matt Pottinger at Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation’s China Forum 2023

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September 14, 2023 | Sam George, John Pomfret, Matthew Johnson, Matt Pottinger

Capital Markets with Chinese Characteristics

Xi’s Declaration of Lawfare

June 28, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Yes, Xi Jinping is a dictator, and he should be proud of it

What’s Xi Jinping getting his knickers in a knot about? Was it a diplomatic faux pas for President Biden to call him — at a campaign fundraiser — a “dictator”? Of course. Was...

June 14, 2023 | Annie Fixler |

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.

May 31, 2023 | Richard Goldberg |

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...

April 28, 2023 | Bradley Bowman, Orde Kittrie, Ryan Brobst

The United States and Saudi Arabia: A Possible Path Forward

March 29, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Alternatives to ‘peace through strength’

None are preferable to robust deterrence

March 23, 2023 | Emily de La Bruyère |

China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities

March 15, 2023 | Waller R. Newell, Clifford D. May

The Axis of Tyrannies

It will present an enormous challenge to free nations

March 3, 2023 | Craig Singleton |

How Silicon Valley Engineered China’s Protest Crackdowns

American software and equipment—from companies like Microsoft and Oracle—is deeply embedded throughout China’s police state.

February 2, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Luke Vannurden

Emerging ‘Offset-X’ Strategy Addresses Chinese Threat

The People’s Republic of China has emerged as the United States’ top strategic competitor, and the pacing challenge for the U.S. military. In the words of the recently published 2022 National Defense...

January 13, 2023 | David May |

At the United Nations, Israel is ‘the Jew Among the Nations’

China presented itself as a champion of Muslim rights last Tuesday, when it asked the United Nations Security Council to hold a special session to address an Israeli minister’s visit to the Temple Mount,...

January 11, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

Walk like an Israeli

Why a Jew’s visit to the holiest Jewish site provokes outrage