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China’s Maritime Mobilization: Turning Civilian Power into Military Capability

China’s revised National Defense Mobilization Law, taking effect October 1, gives the government broader legal authority to mobilize civilian resources during a conflict, Defense...

Unfertile Ground

In The Wall Street Journal, Jeff Stier, a Senior Fellow at the Heartland Institute, discusses the potential for a shock to the food supply....

“It Would Be Very Bad for Them”: Trump Warns Russians and Chinese

President Trump took to Truth Social to explain that, to his knowledge, Russia and China are not selling Iran weapons (directly) and that if...

Taiwan Working with U.S. Special Forces?

At InfoBrics, Drago Bosnic, an apparent pro-Chinese/Russian writer, notes the close cooperation between Taiwanese and American military forces. Bosnic is not pleased about the...

China Loses Two Decades of Real Estate Gains

You may remember my warnings in 2012 against direct investment in China. I thought then that the country's numbers looked funny, and that it...

The Changing Balance of Power in the Middle East

At Foreign Policy, Rabah Arezki makes the case that the balance of power is changing in the Middle East, moving toward China and away...

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