What to expect from the Trump Xi Summit
The world is watching as President Donald Trump makes his first trip to China since 2017. At stake are Taiwan,...
Asia
Grant Newsman, CSP Senior Fellow, joined a panel on the Taiwan Talks show out of Taipei talking about Taiwan’s defense budget and the problems associated with it
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te’s special defense budget is becoming part of a much larger geopolitical debate, just as US President...
A China move now on Taiwan would be an enormous gamble
Xi might decide now is the time to make his move while the Americans are occupied in Iran – but...
China’s human rights abuses a significant geopolitical risk if free nations use it: expert
Following Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s meetings in Asia this week, President Donald Trump is meeting with Chinese regime leader Xi...
Hard and psychological power shown in South China Sea exercise
Balakitan gives troops from Philippines, US, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and France real combat training – and a lot...
Grant Newsham explores Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s diplomatic mission to Vietnam and Australia to counter Chinese aggression
Grant Newsham explores Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's diplomatic mission to Vietnam and Australia to counter Chinese aggression. Takaichi is shifting...
Grant Newsham on CNA to discuss Japanese PM’s Indo-Pacific visit
Watch here Originally posted by CNA
Human rights must be ‘front and center’: Grant Newsham on upcoming Trump-Xi summit
A summit between the two biggest world powers—the United States and China—is on the horizon. In two weeks, President Donald...
Japan’s energy vulnerability and military rearmament
CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham, joined The John Batchelor Show to discuss Japan's Energy Vulnerability and Military Rearmament. Japan faces...
The Pakistanis and the Chinese break the blockade of Iran
On April 19, 2026, the U.S. Navy fired on the MV Touska, a container ship trying to run the blockade...
Grant Newsham, CSP Senior Fellow, joined The John Batchelor Show
Grant Newsham. Retired Marine Colonel Newsham explains Japan's participation in the Balikatan combat exercises in the Philippines. This shift toward...
Wartime-level Northern Marianas typhoon hit tests US commitment
FEMA needs to do its job well – but especially carefully, since the commonwealth is a place where money can...
Are the Chinese helping the Iranians build more drones and missiles?
Trade between Iran and Tajikistan exploded in the first quarter of this year. It jumped 41,105% year-on-year. The two nations...
Grant Newsham, CSP Senior Fellow, appeared on Brave New Normal podcast to discuss China’s unrestricted warfare against the US
Grant Newsham is a retired US Marine Colonel, former reserve Marine Head of Intelligence for Marine Forces Pacific, and author...
Meeting between Taiwan’s opposition leader and Beijing ‘all performative’: retired US Colonel
Retired Marine Colonel Grant Newsham spoke to NTD on the April 10 meeting between Taiwan's opposition leader and Chinese leader...
Grant Newsham on NTD to discus China-backed political actors
Grant Newsham, a retired Marine Colonel and senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, sits down with NTD’s Steve...