News Analysis The European Union is finally marshaling its massive economic force to hit back at Beijing. Meanwhile, America is waiting in the wings to join the Europeans in making their two massive economies—each of which rivals China alone—unbeatable in pressuring Beijing to improve its human rights, or even democratize. A case in point is…
US and EU Should Enhance Joint Economic Countermeasures Against China
January 10, 2022
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Communist China and Human Rights Are Like Oil and Water
Commentary The XXIV Olympic Winter Games are a really, really important milestone for Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Games, which is scheduled to be held in Beijing next month, is being carefully choreographed in order to showcase China’s supposed ascendancy to world leadership. Xi himself has declared that “China is ready”…
Russian-Ukraine Conflict: A Distraction From Taiwan
January 9, 2022
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News Analysis While tension is growing between Washington and Moscow over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine, it remains unclear which side China will support. As China has trade and investment relations with all three countries and the European Union, it is possible that Beijing will not get involved. However, the Chinese regime could use Ukraine…
Indonesia Juggles China and the US
Commentary Indonesia is facing possibly its most difficult year as it attempts to balance vital relationships with two implacable rivals, China and the United States. Each of these powers is attempting to force Jakarta to come down on its side, despite the reality that such a choice is virtually impossible for Indonesia. Indonesia had to…
China: The Manipulation of Data and the Biggest Lie in Modern History
Commentary In April of last year, something very strange happened. COVID-19 death rates in Ireland, a country I hail from, surpassed death rates in China. Yes, Ireland, a tiny country with a population of less than 5 million people versus China—the world’s most populated country—with more than 1.4 billion citizens. According to a John Hopkins University…
If She Does Her Job as NSC Chair, Kamala Harris Can Still Save the Free World
Commentary U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris can secure freedom for Americans and their allies by simply exercising much needed leadership as chair of the National Space Council (NSC), an advisory body to the White House. In selecting his vice president to serve as the NSC chairperson, President Joe Biden honored the precedent started by George…
If She Does Her Job as NSpC Chair, Kamala Harris Can Still Save the Free World
Commentary U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris can secure freedom for Americans and their allies by simply exercising much needed leadership as chair of the National Space Council (NSpC), an advisory body to the White House. In selecting his vice president to serve as the NSpC chairperson, President Joe Biden honored the precedent started by George…
China Tech Crackdown Makes Beijing Loyalists Uncomfortable
January 7, 2022
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News Analysis China’s tech sector is becoming uninvestable for a host of reasons, not least that the Beijing regime hates capitalism. It’s a communist country and its leader, Xi Jinping, appears to be a true believer and on track to be emperor for life. CNBC’s “Mad Money” celebrity investor, Jim Cramer, put it in about these…
More Than Oil: China Expands Its Influence in the Middle East
News Analysis As the world’s largest energy importer, the Middle East engages with China through infrastructure investment and trade, as well as nuclear development, in exchange for oil and international political support. Over the past decade the United States has shifted its focus away from the Middle East, concentrating more on China. Ironically, this has…
Will the Beijing-Havana Axis Spawn Another Cuban Crisis?
January 7, 2022
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News Analysis A growing China-Cuba axis threatens to transform the geopolitics of the Caribbean basin and heralds the return of great power rivalry to a region that has historically been a critical component of America’s continental defense. How serious a challenge is Beijing’s Caribbean gambit to U.S. national security? The significance of the China-Cuba axis…
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