What could cyber attacks like China’s Volt Typhoon do with emplaced malware?
Editor's Note: This article also appeared in Col. John Mills' Substack. When public reports began in May about Chinese malware...
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China’s H-20 Stealth Bomber: A problem for the US?
Following the debut of the American B-21 strike stealth bomber in December, the U.S. military demonstrated to the world that all three legs of its nuclear...
The way to take on China is to make it personal
The United States has belatedly recognized the People’s Republic of China is a threat, and it’s trying to do something about...
A banking and land-sales crisis threatens China’s stability
China faces major social problems, including its demographics, and economic problems that are retarding growth. Little noticed, perhaps, is the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The Biden administration is not serious about deterring Xi and we are running out of time
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson said that a week is a long time in politics. Last week revealed Wilson’s prescience...
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...
US fighting China on the wrong battlefield
While the U.S. has been focused on preparing for the kinetic warfare battlefield, China has been registering big wins on...
Putin is weakened, but will China’s Xi push for regime change in Russia?
The weekend’s mutiny in Russia by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group of mercenaries prompted a visit by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko...
Blinken offers lessons on how not to handle China
By any measure, Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s latest trip to China was a dismal failure. Shunned by the Chinese...
A navy aircraft carrier just sailed right into China’s military backyard
This weekend, an American aircraft carrier will make a port call in Vietnam amidst rising tensions in the South China...