Wasted years: Biden’s foreign policy record
U.S. foreign policy under President Biden has been defined by the combination of the failure to advance U.S. national interests...
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Situation Report: Chinese malware targeting military and civilian critical infrastructures
The New York Times has reported the discovery of malicious Chinese malware embedded deep inside networks controlling "power grids, communications...
Underwater drones that carry nukes: North Korea’s new military weapons look scary
Senior Chinese and Russian delegates joined North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week to celebrate Pyongyang’s annual military parade....
Transport exercises suggest China is preparing to invade Taiwan
In April, we noted in a Washington Times opinion piece that the People’s Liberation Army had completed two of three...
Newsham: US couldn’t ‘defend Taiwan’ if China has control of the Pacific
Retired Colonel Grant Newsham told NTD News he believes that Italy is poised to cease participation in China’s Belt and...
Is China thinking about building a Mach 30 missile?
As tensions between Beijing and Washington continue to soar, China is laser-focused on developing its military capabilities. A few weeks...
Why America’s elites are dedicated to engagement with Communist China
Last week’s visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) by the former U.S. Secretary of State and the Biden...
North Korea threatens to start a nuclear war
North Korean leaders threatened potential nuclear retaliation over America’s presence in the region for the second time this month, following the docking...
South Korea and Japan – Getting along better but there’s a need to pay attention
Officials from America, South Korea and Japan met in Nagano, Japan in mid-July to discuss a response to North Korea's recent intercontinental ballistic missile test. This is...
A realistic understanding of the PRC threat must inform US policy
Hardly a day goes by that the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) English language press organs, like the People’s Daily, China Daily, Xinhua,...
Simple math: Beijing + Moscow + joint exercises = trouble for US
Editor's Note: This piece by J.M. Phelps features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Joint training exercises between China...
America talks to China: Dialogue with nothing to show for it
There’s talk, and there’s productive talk. You would sometimes think U.S. officials are paid by the word and are content...
Microsoft cloud compromised by Chinese hackers
The Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal reported on July 12, 2023 that Microsoft's cloud computing system was hacked by a Chinese group...
North Korea says we are on ‘brink of nuclear war’
This week, North Korea spoke at a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting for the first time. North Korea Ambassador Kim Song claimed...
Stoltenberg backs expansion as NATO’s future clouds
NATO Secretary General Jan Stoltenberg says the security concerns of the Western military alliance and Japan are “closely interconnected.” Accordingly, for the...
Great Power: The cost and value of the Compacts of Free Association
How does a Great Power get itself defeated? Sometimes it does too much – as in America's 20-year effort to...