The PRC’s aggression is happening now against the Philippines
A warning from the 20th century is that dictatorships tend to use aggression not first against great powers but against smaller...
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Predictions 2024: In need of divine intervention and extra resolve
"Good Lord, get us through this…just this once…and I swear we'll be good. " I like history and reading about...
Red Alert: Xi’s arson is coming to America
On January 13th, the voters of Taiwan are expected to choose freedom and reject enslavement by the Chinese Communist Party....
Japan sends Patriot missiles instead of a golf club
Japan recently announced that it will transfer some number – reportedly "dozens"– of license-built Patriot missiles to the United States. This is to...
Whoever all these Chinese are – They aren’t refugees
Vast numbers of Chinese have shown up at our southern border demanding asylum in the last few years. They have...
The CV-22 Osprey and other military aircraft accidents: Looking to Tokyo for a better response
A United States Air Force CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashed off southern Japan on November 29. All 8 airmen aboard died....
In the Pacific, US bureaucracy messes up against PRC influence operation
I have no idea what the U.S. State Department was thinking. But if the goal was to help honest people...
A manifesto for a renaissance of American leadership
In a time of ideological upheaval and the threat from the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Americans face acute perils...
Credible assurance is appeasement by another name
As the People’s Republic of China (PRC) mourns the loss of their “old friend” Dr. Henry Kissinger, who passed away...
Increased Chinese naval force present in Middle East region as regional conflict grows
As Israel begins to cross the border into Gaza in larger forays beyond tactical reconnaissance and surveillance operations, China is...
China’s aircraft carriers racing to catch the US
China is devoting a great effort to building aircraft carriers. It has already deployed two conventionally powered carriers, the Liaoning...
China’s nuclear weapons: Expanding faster bringing more bad news
The United States Department of Defense recently published its annual report on "Military and Security Developments Involving China." This "China Power"...
The cost of engagement hurts our allies and alliances
One of the keys, and unfortunately consistent, failures of the American foreign policy is in assessing the impacts of foreign...
Dinner with a dictator: When American business leaders support the enemy
Never in our history have Americans so openly and brazenly celebrated a dictator. By happenstance, the 400 business leaders who...
‘Personnel is policy’: These are not the leaders we need to counter China
"Personnel is policy” is one of Washington’s truisms. The personnel chosen by the Biden administration — most recently, its nomination of Kurt...
Seven ways China can benefit from the Israel-Hamas war
Serious aggression by China in Taiwan or elsewhere won’t be as shocking to those in the West given what’s going...