New Truman Doctrine needed to break the engagement school
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is in the midst of several crises, including a major economic downturn, that have the...
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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...
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...
An industrial tripwire approach for saving Taiwan
The US has strategic interests in Taiwan, in part because of its geopolitical location in the center of the First...
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...
Russian and Chinese warships sailed near America’s ‘military backyard’
For decades, Russia and China have shared a fervent distrust of the West and contempt for what they perceive as...
Lai’s stopover will be Beijing’s excuse for Taiwan invasion rehearsal
Since Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui’s June 1995 visit to his alma mater, Cornell University, to give the commencement address, China...
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...
Transport exercises suggest China is preparing to invade Taiwan
In April, we noted in a Washington Times opinion piece that the People’s Liberation Army had completed two of three...