Great-Power Competition
The FTC and DOJ are Aiding China’s Tech Dominance Ambitions
The United States and China are locked in an accelerating race for dominance over the technologies of the future, from autonomous vehicles to artificial intelligence to hypersonic missiles. While Beijing...
To Save the Liberal World Order, Consolidate the Core
The post-Cold War world order is fractured beyond recovery. Autocratic regimes are set on replacing it with a global order conducive to authoritarian governance based on pervasive surveillance, social and...
An Indo-Pacific Economic Framework—Minus Economics
When President Joe Biden launched the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) in May 2022, he declared that the agreement would write “new rules for the 21st century economy.” Modeled on four...
Central Asia Could Be the Graveyard of the Russia-China Alliance
Today, the world is one of great power competition: An unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by a revanchist Russia in Europe; Hamas, a proxy of Iran, is set on the elimination...
Re-Industrialization and the Green Revolution Will Revitalize National Power
The COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine mark the end of the post-Cold War era, which was defined by the optimistic idea that globalization creates conditions for lasting...
The China-Russia-Iran Axis Is a Clear Threat to America
As Hasan Nasrallah, the chief of Hezbollah, escalates his threats of a broader war and continues the shelling of Israel’s north, Jerusalem, as well as Washington, needs to face an...
An Arsenal of Democracies Can Best the China-Russia-Iran Axis
It has been a tough month for the Biden administration’s leadership of the free world. First came the three-day summit meeting between China’s President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin....
Has China Shifted the Middle East Balance of Power?
Earlier this month, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic ties after seven years and signed a China-brokered agreement in what is being termed a breakthrough deal for the...
It’s Time for America to Revisit the Monroe Doctrine
The American commentariat and public were abuzz over the transit of a Chinese government surveillance balloon across the United States, with social media tracking its path (and reverse-engineering it), debating...
A New Strategy to Counter China in the Middle East
American officials continue to harangue Middle East leaders, suggesting that economic, trade, and investment ties with China’s technology companies are risking their security ties with the United States. They are...
Does the U.S. Need to Contain China in Africa?
Last month’s U.S.-African Leaders Summit aimed to compete with China, Russia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and other nations for “influence” in Africa, a continent that is growing in...
Will Great Power Competition Divide the Gulf?
During his visit to Saudi Arabia in early December, Chinese president Xi Jinping attended the inaugural China-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit. The summit focused on improving China-GCC relations and forming...