As Biden and Xi Begin a Careful Dance, a New American Policy Takes Shape
President Biden is engineering a sharp shift in policy toward China, focused on gathering allies to counter Beijing’s coercive diplomacy around the
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United States’ Strategy on China Boils Down to One Word: Soft
here is a prevailing view on both sides of the Pacific that President Joe Biden will treat China in a manner similar
Getting Serious About Russia
Russia is a determined adversary of the United States. The Putin government, which has rebuilt the military, believes that Washington is leading
Biden’s ‘America Is Back’ Speech Misunderstands How Overstretched America Is Abroad
resident Joe Biden recently delivered a speech at the State Department, laying out the major foreign policy goals of his new administration.
Audit raises concerns about wildfire risks at US nuclear lab
One of the nation’s premier nuclear laboratories isn’t taking the necessary precautions to guard against wildfires, according to an audit by the
Top China Academic Shi Yinhong: The China-U.S. Stability Of The Past Is Gone; Without New Stability, There Will Be War
On December 1, 2020, Guancha, a news site affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), published the transcript of a speech by
Nuclear war with China or Russia ‘a very real possibility,’ U.S. Strategic Command chief warns
The United States must be ready for a nuclear war with China or Russia and seek new ways to deter both countries’
What To Expect From A Joe Biden Presidency
As the United States inaugurates its new President, citizens are urged to examine the man under the new light he is exposed
What Has Not Changed in U.S.-China Relations
n the last few years, it has become gospel in Washington that the status quo of U.S. policy toward China cannot continue—that
Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy Dream Team Is Disappointing
Anyone hoping that Joe Biden’s presidency might embrace new thinking on foreign policy and a greater receptivity to the concept of restraint
As Understanding of Russian Hacking Grows, So Does Alarm
On Election Day, General Paul M. Nakasone, the nation’s top cyberwarrior, reported that the battle against Russian interference in the presidential campaign
Why America’s Cyber Strategy is Failing
The pattern has become disturbingly regular. Every few years, evidence surfaces of a major cyber penetration of U.S. networks, and each instance