Will China’s Rigged Capitalism’ Undo the W.T.O.?
(Washington, D.C.): As the People's Republic of China moves inexorably closer to becoming a member of the World Trade Organization,...
Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
Dirty Business: China Ocean Shipping Company Allegedly Running Guns –and Who Knows What Else — to Cuba
(Washington, D.C.): A front-page article in today's Washington Times identified the China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) as a key player...
The Economist Labels National Security as New Material Risk Factor In the Offerings of Foreign Firms on U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): A prominent article in the current issue of The Economist (below) reports that national security concerns have been...
Watch This Space: Beijing Says It Won’t Bring Sovereign Bond to U.S. Capital Markets — But For How Long?
(Washington, D.C.): In the immediate aftermath of the Securities and Exchange Commission's adoption of historic new disclosure requirements for foreign...
The Financial Times Misses The Mark In Editorial On New, SEC- Affirmed Political Risk Factors In The U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In the wake of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ground-breaking decision last week to require national security, human...
The Los Angeles Times Addresses New SEC Disclosure Requirements To Thwart Fund-Raising By Global
(Washington, D.C.): The front page of the Business Section of the 14 May editions of the Los Angeles Times featured...
Lehman’s Analyst Melcher Breaks The News For The Markets: China Must Clean Up Its Act — or Search Elsewhere For Much-Needed Capital
(Washington, D.C.): In his first Lehman Brothers column to fund managers world- wide, Mark Melcher, the respected political and economic...
Their Finest Hour’: Financial Times Describes Emerging Forces in Global Finance and National Security/Human Rights Nexus
(Washington, D.C.): In a truly remarkable forty-eight hour period, the process by which foreign registrants access the vast, globally-dominant U.S....
U.S. Religious Freedom Commission Urges President Bush to Rule on Chinese Sovereign Bond Offerings
(Washington, D.C.): President George W. Bush used the recent annual dinner of the American Jewish Committee on religious freedom to...
S.E.C. Adopts Sweeping Changes to Increase Transparency re: Potential Foreign Bad Actors’ in U.S. Capital Markets
(Washington, D.C.): In a long-overdue and stunning development, the Acting Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission has advised Congress...
Newsroom Online Sets Parameters For Global Debate On Efficacy Of Capital Markets Sanctions
(Washington, D.C.): A subtle, yet significant shift has taken place with respect to the Casey Institute's five-year initiative to alert...
Defense Fire Sale Redux
(Washington, D.C.): A few weeks ago, the Center called attention to the proposed sale of a critical part of the...
Message to China: The Appeasement is Over
(Washington, D.C.): In his meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Qian Qichen at the White House yesterday, President Bush faced a...
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
(Washington, D.C.): It is a singularly disturbing thought: Could your dinner be your downfall? Daily, headlines from Europe scream about...
A Letter to the President
President George W. BushThe White HouseWashington, D.C. 20500 Dear Mr. President: I am writing to express my strong support for...
California Treasurer Expands Social Investing’ to Include Freedom-Based, Financially Prudent Principles
(Washington, D.C.): A groundbreaking front page story in the Sunday New York Times of 11 February appeared under the headline...