American Neros: CCP biolabs + unchecked PLA insertions = disaster
Congressional leaders were warned recently by ten retired FBI executives that we are being invaded. These former G-men put it very starkly: ...
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Deterrence, Taiwan, and the strategic realities of the 21st century
The greatest act of statesmanship is to recognize the reality of the conditions a country faces and adapt its military...
What’s behind the water-in-Chinese missiles tale?
Some highly unlikely claims about water in Chinese missiles and ill-fitting silo lids, which I addressed in a January 8 Asia...
The immediacy of the PRC threat: The change from land power to maritime power
One of the biggest news stories coming out of Asia for the New Year was the alleged purge of senior...
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...
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....
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...
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...
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...
The danger of TikTok to the US and of a ‘TikTok in reverse’ for the CCP
Sound warnings against using the social media app TikTok, owned by the Chinese firm ByteDance, have been voiced since the...