Policy
The Saudi-China Deal Tells Us What Autocracies Want From Each Other
Biden’s blunt democracy-vs.-autocracy rhetoric may be pushing U.S. security partners toward Beijing.
Ideas
Stop Building a Military to Attack China
Concentrate instead on deterring Beijing, and keeping a Chinese invasion force from going anywhere.
Policy
How the New Republicans Could Reshape US National Security
From China to anti-extremism efforts, a GOP-led House will have its say.
Policy
Austin Urges Congress to Pass a Budget, Citing China Threat
But the secretary left inflation, supply chain, and worker woes out of his speech to the Reagan National Defense Forum.
Threats
Just Half of Americans Trust the Military, Survey Finds
Most want to continue helping Ukraine—and most don’t think there’s a clear China strategy, according to the Reagan Institute poll.
Ideas
Let’s Put the Pentagon’s China Report in Context
What do the relative sizes of the U.S. and Chinese nuclear arsenals really suggest?
Science & Tech
Learn from Ukraine, DIA Chief Tells New China Mission Group
Defense Intelligence Agency unit takes aim at “warning problem of our lifetime.”
Threats
China’s Increased Military Activity Near Taiwan a ‘New Normal’ Says Pentagon
The Pentagon identifies 2027 as a key deadline for China military modernization, then 2035 and 2049.
Threats
China Fired a New Missile After Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit, PacFleet Says
The weapon was part of a barrage of missiles and live-fire exercises meant to signal disapproval of the U.S. visit to the self-governing island.
Ideas
Muhammad Ali’s Foreign Policy Lessons
Like the great boxer, America needs to know how to pick the time and place to engage.
Ideas
Ban These Chinese Chipmakers from Pentagon Purchases
Congress should pass a proposed expansion of the law that keeps the federal government from buying certain companies’ products.
Ideas