Downfall 2.0: The importance of studying the CCP’s weaknesses that could lead to its demise
Today, the United States must begin planning for Downfall 2.0, the fall of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The focus...
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Chinese ‘fishing militias’ emerge as biggest threat to US Navy warships operating in South China Sea
Editor's Note: This piece by Parth Satam features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. The emergence of images of...
Taiwan needs stronger US support — quickly
Taiwan’s existence has been a thorn in the side of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) since the party conquered the...
Taiwan’s fall to CCP would devastate America’s alliance structure in Asia
We have argued that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is determined to conquer Taiwan, and that the U.S. must deter...
China is building a massive fleet of J-20 stealth fighters
China’s Chengdu Aircraft Corporation has now produced between 200 and 250 J-20 Mighty Dragon stealth fighters. Given that most of...
PRC’s aggression in South China Sea needs to be defeated
A hard lesson from the 1930s and from the Cold War is that aggression must be checked when it occurs....
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...
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...