Threats

Signs Point to China in US Research Facility Hack

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution sustained a “sophisticated, targeted attack” according to the organization's general counsel.

Threats

Hacking Arrests Won’t Stop Chinese Espionage

But the arrests are part of a larger move-and-countermove drama that is slowly improving the U.S. situation.

Ideas

How China's Generals Already Gamed Xi's Meeting With Obama

China’s military hard-liners had a wish-list for today’s summit in Washington. Here’s what they wanted.

Threats

China's Copycat Jet Raises Questions About F-35

Did the Chinese theft of data on the US fighter jet and other weapons shrink the Pentagon's technical superiority?

Ideas

How This US Navy Admiral Gives In to China Is Exactly What's Wrong With US Power Today

Authoritarian regimes are taking advantage of US passivity to gain territory, a phenomenon many thought extinct.

Threats

Defiant Chinese Admiral's Message: South China Sea 'Belongs to China'

There was just one thing on everyone's mind when Chinese, U.S., and Japanese admirals made a rare joint appearance at a London conference.

Ideas

Why Xi Won’t Get What China Wants Most When He Meets Obama

The next summit is unlikely to give China the outcomes it wants most, because what it wants the United States is not prepared to give.

Science & Tech

The Subatomic Race to Harness Quantum Science

US, China are betting millions on the promise of this newish field, but the real-world potential remains a mystery.

Ideas

It’s Time to Confront Beijing About the South China Sea

To allow China to continue to expand its role and expectations invites future conflict on a larger scale.

Ideas

Russia And China Have A Cyber Nonaggression Pact

The two powers are advancing a vision of security in cyberspace that is markedly different from Western approaches.

Policy

Here’s One Way the US-China Relationship Is Improving

Even as tensions in the South China Sea heats up and online thefts increase, military-to-military contacts have been rising for five straight years.

Threats

China’s New Islands Are Clearly Military, U.S. Pacific Chief Says

Adm. Harry Harris, head of U.S. Pacific Command, says the vastly expanded reefs now look exactly like combat bases for fighters, bombers, ships, and surveillance.

Threats

Here’s the Biggest Difference Between US and Chinese Military Policy

What their public strategy documents say about the world’s leading military power and its up-and-coming rival.

Science & Tech

Hillary Clinton Accuses China of Hacking 'Everything That Doesn't Move'

The former Secretary of State's criticisms come following a devastating breach at the Office of Personnel Management.

Ideas

What Fiction Can Tell You About a Future War With China

Strategists Peter Singer and August Cole’s new novel offers a glimpse into startling real-life U.S. military vulnerabilities.

Ideas

Keep Calm and Spy On: Why the OPM Hack Won't Bring Down US Intelligence

For starters, there are very few known cases in which blackmail was involved in getting government employees to give up classified information.

Science & Tech

NSA Chief: Don’t Assume China Hacked OPM

Attribution, which came so quickly when North Korea hacked Sony, is proving trickier when China stands accused.

Ideas

Why the US Hasn't Pinned the OPM Hack on China

Getting China to stop this activity is at the top of Washington's diplomatic agenda. Stopping foreign intelligence services from spying, however, is not.

Threats

5 Chinese Cyber Attacks That Might Be Even Worse Than the OPM Hack

If the Chinese government is in fact behind the OPM hack, it would not be their boldest alleged move in cyberspace; only the most recent.

Policy

How China Is Building the Biggest Commercial-Military Empire in History

China’s outsized latticework of global infrastructure is said to be rooted in a fierce competitiveness learned from 19th-century America.