Commentary How rapidly do great powers expand their military and economic capabilities? Faster than you think. There are numerous empirical examples from diplomatic and military history that capture how quickly things change for the great powers. The United States is a great case in point. The U.S. Navy had never commissioned a battleship by 1895….
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…
The US Should Not Assume It Has the Luxury of Time in Its Confrontation With China
Commentary The growing crisis over the Chinese regime’s threats against Taiwan requires the United States to recognize that Beijing may move against Taipei in the immediate term. U.S. decision makers consistently have mischaracterized or misperceived China’s strategic timeline—believing it to be a long-term strategic timeline, one that will be realized over many decades and generations….
Countering Chinese Aircraft Carriers: Fighting Fire With Fire
Commentary China’s force of aircraft carriers continues to grow. The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) currently has two carriers, one an ex-Soviet vessel, the other a virtual clone of the first. But it is rapidly adding to its arsenal. A third carrier is already under construction at the Jiangnan shipyards in Shanghai. This 85,000-ton vessel,…
Which War Is Beijing Preparing For?
Commentary It’s no secret that Beijing is preparing for war. One of the main reasons is China’s cratering economy. The recent collapse of the Evergrande real estate development firm is only the latest in a series of dire symptoms that are fueling rising domestic discontent. The $8 trillion debt crisis in the shadow economy—more than…
Keep It Coming: Beijing’s Aggressive Rhetoric Pushing Australia Into America’s Arms
Commentary Chinese aggression is naturally scary. But many people don’t realize how the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggressive rhetoric and behavior can hurt China and help the United states. The best example of the Chinese version of this trend is Australia. The latest news is that Chinese media Global Times called Australia “cannon fodder” for…
Progressives Have to Recognize the CCP Threat
Commentary The Progressive wing of the Democratic Party has had much to say about the ills of U.S. society and what must be accomplished to address them, but rather less about China’s behavior under its rulers, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They do not identify the CCP for what it is, the world’s largest anti-progressive…
Bidenomics Is Failing in the ‘Competition’ With China
October 5, 2021
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News Analysis The Biden administration embodies the weakness of anemic diplomacy against Beijing’s continued predatory trade practices. Biden has been treading water on Beijing’s predatory trade practices, as illustrated by his trade representative’s recent public comments. U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Katherine Tai recently said, across several meetings, that she does not want to inflame the “competition”…
How the Chinese Regime Plans to Destroy Our Civil Liberties
Commentary The Hong Kong of just a decade ago is unrecognizable from the Hong Kong of today. With the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) busy revising university curriculums, collective patriotism has replaced individual freedom; loyalty to Beijing is not just expected, it’s compulsory. Refusal to comply, more often than not, results in punishment. To date, the…
The Correct Response to China in the Aftermath of the Afghanistan Debacle
Commentary Chinese “wolf warriors” and their sycophants in China’s state-run media have been crowing for weeks about the strategic defeat suffered by the United States in Afghanistan. During a telephone call on Aug. 16, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi claimed that the U.S. Secretary of State expressed hope that China would help in “stabilizing Afghanistan.” Here…
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