InternationalCommentary
Mongolia, a landlocked country between China and Russia, thus far has managed to contain the spread of COVID-19 with prompt and strict measures. The country… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Pyongyang is putting pressure on South Korea through increasingly acerbic means, including aggressive missives, breaking off communications, and threatening to take future steps against its… Read More
InternationalCommentary
India’s reported number of coronavirus cases has been surprisingly low, given the country’s huge and highly dense population. Experts think there are a number of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis on May 25 when a police officer used brutally excessive force to arrest him. It was the latest in… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Foreign policy doesn’t stop for turmoil here at home. The U.S. can’t afford attention deficit disorder overseas. That is doubly true for meeting the challenge of China, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
In compliance with the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, the Trump administration last week released the United States Strategic Approach to the People’s Republic of… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Until the global economy was hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic, oil production was booming in Azerbaijan. The country’s vast hydrocarbon and other natural resources—the backbone… Read More
InternationalCommentary
I will be privileged this Wednesday evening to participate in a candlelight vigil marking the 31st anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. We will gather… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Remember the old public relations maxim: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”? Try telling that to Beijing. Having loosed a pandemic, China finds itself (quite deservedly)… Read More
InternationalCommentary
It’s been a bad few days for the Communist Party-led government in Beijing in its efforts to gain economic and strategic influence in the United… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Canadian courts on May 27 cleared the first hurdle for the transfer of Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei, to the United States…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has told Congress that Hong Kong is no longer sufficiently autonomous from the People’s Republic of China, which may mean it will… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
China is proposing a “national security” law that is sparking protests across Hong Kong. Mike Gonzalez, a senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, joins the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
When making foreign policy decisions, one must be careful not to view the world prescriptively (the way we want it to be), but rather to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
President Donald Trump has sharply criticized the World Health Organization and its director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, for months. The administration’s dissatisfaction resulted in a decision… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The World Health Organization, the premier health organization in the United Nations system, is charged with “the attainment by all peoples of the highest possible… Read More
Health CareNews
India long has been seen as a land of mystery, and with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, the South Asian nation is keeping with that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Navy last week entered the Barents Sea in international waters off the coast of Russia. It was the first time a U.S. surface ship… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Around the world, a lot of folks are itching to retaliate against China for its complicity in launching the coronavirus pandemic. But a thirst for vengeance seldom… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Chinese influence in the United Nations and its affiliated international organizations has been expanding significantly over the past decade. China watchers long have hoped that… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The destruction of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent demise of the Soviet Union two years later lulled the West into a false… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, comprising the U.S., Australia, Japan, and India, was born out of the response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The dialogues… Read More
InternationalNews
Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that China is “going to need to pay” for hoarding personal protective equipment during the coronavirus pandemic. “As… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Let’s be realistic. No consensus exists on the future of relations between China and the West. Yet, clearly that is changing. Previously, many looked at… Read More
InternationalCommentary
A bill proposed by Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, that seeks to dissuade Hollywood studios from submitting their movies to the censorship of the People’s Republic… Read More
InternationalCommentary
America’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic rightly prioritized good public health policy. Now, Washington is focusing on getting Americans safely back to work. The aim is to preserve livelihoods as well as lives. However, the plan… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The growing chorus to “punish” China for how it has handled the COVID-19 crisis is understandable and justifiable. We need to be smart about how… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Lying comes naturally to the Chinese Communist government, which will say anything to maintain its tight grip on the reins of power. Officials in Beijing continue to… Read More
InternationalNews
The Chinese government’s Foreign Ministry portrayed China as the victim of coronavirus disinformation on Monday, before suggesting minutes later that the U.S. government is “hiding… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The lesson of history for tyrannical regimes is that the truth is dangerous. Clearly, the Chinese Communist Party knows this full well, which is why… Read More
