Category: Counter the CCP

Xi Jinping’s Rule Is Contingent on a Weak US Response

Commentary A great boxer can take a punch. In the rough and tumble of international politics, states and their leaders must be able to as well. It is an open question whether China’s Xi Jinping could. Like a boxer with a glass jaw, as the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Xi cannot handle…


Freedom of Navigation Patrols Restrain Beijing’s Aggression in Indo-Pacific

Commentary Beijing condemned the United States over the weekend for its supposedly provocative actions. Last week, the U.S. Navy, along with its Canadian allies, moved an Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer in a Freedom of Navigation patrol through the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from mainland China. While most of the world is concerned over…