China’s ‘communist spies’ in the dock in Taiwan
Editor's Note: This piece by Kelly Ng features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Taiwan is taking aim at...
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Why arms control with the PRC is a threat to US security
This week the Biden administration will meet with officials from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to discuss an arms...
Why is China highlighting militias in state owned enterprises?
Editor's Note: This piece by Natalie Liu features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. In what was seemingly a...
Watching in Asia: Trouble everywhere for the United States
A foreign reporter (back when the expression meant something) once gave me some good advice: "Look where everyone else isn't...
Now is the time to overthrow the Chinese regime
The unexpected death of former Chinese Premier Li Keqiang raises questions regarding Xi Jinping's hold on power and his willingness...
China stands to win from the Israel-Hamas war
From Mao Zedong’s early support for the Palestinian Liberation Organization, the People’s Republic of China has long supported the Palestinians....
Pentagon’s China threat report is another case of threat deflation by Biden administration
We have identified a condition of international politics that we term “threat deflation”—where one state consistently underestimates the nature and...
A test of wills: ISR missions must be protected now
The Pentagon has rightfully issued a condemnation of aggressive intercepts of U.S. military conducting Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions....
The center of gravity of a world aflame: The Chinese regime is the ‘focus of evil in the modern world’
A world aflame compels a reflection on strategic priorities. The wars in Europe and the Middle East are brutal struggles...
The Chinese Communist Party is afraid of its own citizens
Like all dictatorships, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership presents itself as strong, secure, popular, in total control — and...
Lessons for Taiwan: US capabilities are needed now to defeat intelligence failure
Hamas’s surprise war against Israel is horrific and a stark warning for the United States’ interests in the Indo-Pacific and...
Intelligence failures: Lessons for Taiwan
Hamas’s surprise war against Israel is horrific and a stark warning for Taiwan. The nature of the intelligence failure of...
Seabed warfare is new domain in CCP’s quest to dominate the Indo-Pacific
Editor's Note: This piece by Venus Upadhayaya features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. Seabed warfare is a new...
Led by fast-growing military, China ‘running rings’ around US
Editor's Note: This piece by J.M. Phelps features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. With knowledge from years of...
Focus on Israel-Gaza war raises fears of China attack on Taiwan
Editor's Note: This piece by Bill Gertz features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. The emergence of a second...
The tiny islets that could spark a US-China war
Editor's Note: This piece by Micah McCartney features quotes from CSP Senior Fellow, Grant Newsham. A quartet of Chinese coast...