by Dave Patterson | Nov 19, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The last substantive opportunity for President Joe Biden to make America’s foreign policy case to China’s President Xi Jinping came and went. The only news from the meeting was Xi admonishing Biden to “make the wise choice.” For whom, is the...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 1, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
China is working hard to build a presence in the Middle East by trying to broker one of the most challenging relationships to achieve: a single, unified Palestinian government. To that end, a recent gathering in the capital city resulted in a signed joint declaration...
by Andrew Moran | Jul 19, 2024 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
China just completed its four-day Third Plenum, a major meeting of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials held about every five years to determine the nation’s long-term economic and social policies. This year’s event failed to generate excitement in the...
by Dave Patterson | Dec 4, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
To understand the extent to which China’s ruling party has employed a strategy for influencing Americans’ use of information, Congress held a hearing to probe the subject more deeply. The Select Committee initiative established by the 118th Congress sought...
by Joe Schaeffer | Jun 28, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
It’s an intriguing question: At what point does one of America’s richest men giving $50 million to the country’s number one geopolitical rival amount to a national security threat? Billionaire Bill Gates on June 15 announced he was shelling out $50 million as part of...