‘Sticker shock’ awaits Defense Minister Kishi on promised spending
In an interview with Asia Nikkei on Wednesday, May 19, Japanese Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi said, “We will properly allocate the funding...
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Biden too eager to please China, analysis from John Rossomando
The Center's John Rossomando joined Tipping Point on OAN to discuss the United States' foreign policy toward China under the...
Was the US complicit in China’s Covid research?
It's time to put US collaboration with Chinese scientists on 'gain of function' coronavirus research under a microscope The Joe...
El Salvador is intent on displacing the US to make China its patron. But it needs our cash to do it.
The country that we rescued from a Communist takeover a generation ago is selling itself to Communist China. But it...
China: Time to get serious
House Republicans on the Intelligence Committee and President Biden have something in common. They agree that in regard to the COVID-19 crisis, China has...
View from Japan: Japanese leaders should listen to true public opinion on nuclear energy use
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has announced a target of cutting Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions in fiscal 2030 by 46%...
White House demands ‘transparent’ probe of COVID lab leak theory after WHO, others dismissed it
Comments from Biden Cabinet member at WHO forum come amid mounting evidence supporting lab leak theory Health and Human Services Secretary...
Japan’s looming disaster: Time to wake up
Suppose Mt. Fuji was rumbling, sending out tremors, venting steam, and scientists were 90% sure it would soon erupt. Japanese...
View from Japan: The EU “Courtyard’s” alarming tilt towards China
After being criticized for being unaware of Chinese threats, Europe is wakening up at last. Europe joined Japan and the...
How Japanese PM wriggled out of tight spot regarding Taiwan during meeting with Biden
Or, How U.S. “Alliance Managers” & Joe Let Japan Off The Hook Amid the barrage of analyses of the April...
Space Weapons: A briefing with recommendations for the Biden administration
On December 20, 2019, President Donald Trump signed the 2020 National Defense Organization Act, officially creating the United States Space...
Asia, East by North: Interview with former high-level DPRK official, Ri Jong Ho
Center Senior Fellow Grant Newsham interviewed a high-level North Korean defector, Ri Jong Ho last week. Ho covered a lot...
Moon visits Washington: Caution advised
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is coming to Washington and will meet President Joe Biden on May 21. Moon’s term...
China vs. India: The pandemic exposes hidden war over global medicine supply
As COVID-19 cases surged in India and demand for medicines and medical supplies escalated, cargo flights from China were halted...
Taiwan as Donbas?: Subversion and insurrection vs. full scale invasion
In 2014, Russia’s Vladimir Putin seized large swaths of Ukraine with a hybrid technique utilizing both local insurgents and military...