Commentary The United States and China are at war. This war, however, is a little different from previous wars. It’s a tech war: drones, artificial intelligence, cyber operations, the list goes on. A major factor driving the war is 5G; this has been the case for at least four years. As I write this, both…

Commentary As states like California crack down on vaping, it’s time to ask, what, if any, dangers are posed by vaping products? Fewer and fewer American teenagers are smoking cigarettes. Although this is cause for celebration, an increasing number of teenagers are vaping instead. As this short piece will demonstrate, vaping is incredibly dangerous. In…

Commentary Two shocking immigration-related stories highlight open border fiascos in the United States and the United Kingdom. Back in August, the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) issued a statement that included this sentence (emphasis added): “July numbers bring the total of illegal aliens crossing our borders since President Biden took office to 4.9 million,…

Commentary According to the U.S. Department of State, the “U.S.-India strategic partnership is founded on shared values including a commitment to democracy and upholding the rules-based international system.” The two countries, we’re assured, “have shared interests in promoting global security, stability, and economic prosperity through trade, investment, and connectivity.” Sadly, reality paints a far different…

Commentary Many pundits around the world commented on the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) exercise conducted in August 2022 following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) visit to Taiwan. Most commentators observed that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) was waiting for an excuse to have the PLA Air Force, rocket forces, cyber forces, and Navy flex its…

Commentary After it joined the World Trade Organization in 2000 and anchored the Chinese yuan (a.k.a. renminbi) to the U.S. dollar, China linked its economy to the United States. Enforcing a fixed exchange rate regime with strict capital controls, China benefited from large inflows and relatively low-interest rates due largely to the low-interest rate environment…

News Analysis The Chinese economy is flagging while Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries deal with debt and inflation. In the first half of 2022, China’s overall BRI investment slowed, with zero money flowing into Russia. Launched in 2013, the BRI (also known as “One Belt, One Road”) is Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s plan to expand…

Commentary Democracies are finally figuring out that they need to use their trump card—economics—to defend themselves. The United States and Europe together have double the economic power of China and Russia combined, and could use it more effectively and proactively to put pressure on Moscow and Beijing through tariffs, sanctions, embargoes, export controls, and price…

Commentary Inflation “is destroying working folks’ pocketbooks and devaluing the wages they earn and the root cause … is way too much government spending, too many social programs … and vastly too much money creation by the Federal Reserve,” Larry Kudlow, former director of the U.S. National Economic Council, said on Feb. 14. During the…

News Analysis A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-Wen on April 15, a move that Beijing called “deliberately provocative.” Furthermore, the Chinese regime carried out military drills and deployed frigates, bombers, and fighter planes in the air and sea space around the island nation. “To abandon Taiwan would be to…