The U.S. government believes that China is planning to build its first military base in the Atlantic Ocean, specifically in Equatorial Guinea. This has been conveyed to the Central African country by Joe Biden’s administration, which has raised concerns about «potential measures» and activities that suggest that Beijing could be building a military base. Pentagon …

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The Chinese Army pressures Equatorial Guinea to establish a permanent base with an ocean outlet. The expansion of the Chinese giant is unstoppable. Now the United States suspects that Beijing has set its sights on the Atlantic Ocean thousands of miles from its routine operational military bases in the Indo-Pacific, specifically on the coast of …

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Washington has strategic, economic, and normative reasons for safeguarding the island from Chinese coercion. Amidst talk of U.S.-China competition, Taiwan too often devolves into a policy football, a subset object at the prey of larger geopolitical forces. Calls to make an explicit security guarantee for Taiwan, maintain the status quo, or even abandon the island cannot exist apart from …

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The Diplomat author Mercy Kuo regularly engages subject-matter experts, policy practitioners, and strategic thinkers across the globe for their diverse insights into U.S. Asia policy. This conversation with Elizabeth Threlkeld – senior fellow and deputy director of the South Asia Program at the Stimson Center – is the 285th in “The Trans-Pacific View Insight Series.” Explain Islamabad’s strategic …

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Our natural impulse when thinking about future amphibious operations is to look to the past. Yet the reality is that no good point of comparison for a Chinese invasion of Taiwan exists. Every year on June 6, the United States and its NATO allies commemorate the anniversary of D-Day, the daring amphibious assault on France’s …

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Official Washington has identified China as the primary challenger to the United States in virtually every sphere. This overwhelming emphasis on Beijing as the ultimate threat to the United States is misguided and is more likely to undermine U.S. security than it is to enhance it. Focusing on China is a good way to pump up …

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What are Talent Plans? Foreign governments sponsor talent recruitment programs, or talent plans, to bring outside knowledge and innovation back to their countries—and sometimes that means stealing trade secrets, breaking export control laws, or violating conflict-of-interest policies to do so. While various countries use talent plans, the Chinese government is the most prolific sponsor of …

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“The greatest long-term threat to our nation’s information and intellectual property, and to our economic vitality, is the counterintelligence and economic espionage threat from China.” FBI Director Christopher Wray The counterintelligence and economic espionage efforts emanating from the government of China and the Chinese Communist Party are a grave threat to the economic well-being and …

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While officials in Washington sound the alarm about a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan, officials and residents on the island say that fails to understand the true dynamics in the region. TAIPEI, Taiwan — More than two dozen Chinese military jets, including bombers, ripped through the sky approaching Taiwan one Monday last month. The record incursion into Taiwan’s …

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American war games indicate that the current U.S. force may be insufficient to deter or defeat Chinese aggression in the future. By Michèle A. Flournoy, former undersecretary of defense for policy, and Gabrielle Chefitz, senior associate at WestExec Advisors The next U.S. administration will face an increasingly emboldened and aggressive China — one that has shown a growing willingness to …

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By Lee Hsi-min, chief of the general staff of the Republic of China (Taiwan) armed forces from 2017 to 2019, and Eric Lee, research associate at the Project 2049 Institute In his speech celebrating the Chinese Communist Party’s 100th anniversary last week, Chairman Xi Jinping proclaimed that China has never bullied or oppressed the people of any other country. …

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A November 1999 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing Summary: The two PLA Air Force senior colonels who authored «Unrestricted Warfare» see many new kinds of warfare emerging. These include trade war, financial war, terrorism in the future using new technologies, ecological warfare and news media power. The Gulf War exemplifies the change from fixed to …

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A November 1999 report from U.S. Embassy Beijing Summary: Two senior PLA Air Force colonels wrote «Unrestricted Warfare», presented here in summary translation, to explore how technology innovation is setting off a revolution in military tactics, strategy and organization. «Unrestricted Warfare» discusses new types of warfare which may be conducted by civilians as well as …

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China must tell the world a better story about itself, says president, as he seeks stronger ‘international voice’ China needs to improve the way it tells the world stories about itself, and convince people the ruling party is striving for the happiness of all Chinese people, Xi Jinping has said. The Chinese president’s comments to a Communist …

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Analysis: Xi Jinping wants his country to appear more lovable, but critics say Beijing’s efforts are too superficial China’s appointment of a new ambassador to the US has shone a light on the ongoing debate among analysts about how Beijing communicates with its biggest competitor, the future of its “wolf warrior” diplomacy and how Xi Jinping’s call …

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Analysis: Political divergences within Nato’s 30 members – from the US to North Macedonia – may well threaten ambitions for its strategy on China When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) was established on 4 April 1949, its mission was to counterbalance armies from the Soviet Union that were stationed in central and eastern Europe after the …

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The U.S. can win the competition against Beijing only by making it multilateral. In its contest with China, America has a geographical problem: Its most powerful block of allies, the NATO countries, are on the other side of the world. That has led to a transatlantic awkwardness in dealing with China, and it’s triggering debate …

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Russel hails US ‘position of strength,’ Odell says ‘dangerous to oversimplify’ Historians may look back at the U.S.-China meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, last week as a pivotal moment in geopolitics — when a rising power and a ruling power sat across the table and debated whose view of international order was right. The administration of …

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The latest controversy to swirl around the Chinese telecoms company Huawei has shone a spotlight on the murky world of Chinese espionage, agent-recruitment and an ambitious programme of extending its influence across the globe. So how extensive is it, how does it work and who runs it? A dossier reportedly compiled with the help of …

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The top US general for Africa warns that a growing threat from China may come not only from the waters of the Pacific, but also from the Atlantic. US General Stephen Townsend, in an interview with The Associated Press, said that Beijing is seeking to establish a large naval port capable of hosting submarines or …

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The director of the FBI has said that acts of espionage and theft by China’s government pose the «greatest long-term threat» to the future of the US. Speaking to the Hudson Institute in Washington, Christopher Wray described a multi-pronged disruption campaign. He said China had begun targeting Chinese nationals living abroad, coercing their return, and …

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Authoritarianism is making a comeback. In particular the “China model” seeks to portray itself as a superior model for the world and to overthrow our liberal order. Those who believe that the “liberal idea” won an irreversible victory after the collapse of Soviet communism, sadly delude themselves. Authoritarianism is making a comeback. In particular the …

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WASHINGTON – Amid mounting speculation that COVID-19 may have leaked from a Chinese laboratory, US President Joe Biden on Wednesday ordered federal agencies «to redouble their efforts to collect and analyze information that could bring us closer together to a definitive conclusion.» Biden, in a statement, told the US intelligence community «to inform me in …

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Author Professor David Odalric de Caixal i Mata: Military Historian, expert in International Geostrategy and Jihadist Terrorism. Director of the Security and Defense Area of INISEG (International Institute for Global Security Studies). Director of the Observatory against the Terrorist Threat and Jihadist Radicalization (OCATRY).   The «rise of China» can be seen as an essentially …

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US President Joe Biden said he will receive a detailed report Tuesday on the role China’s civilian intelligence agency played in using ransomware to extort money from American companies. “They are still determining exactly what happened. The investigation is not over,” the president said in response to a journalist’s question about why sanctions were not …

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Speech by United States President John F. Kennedy given on June 26, 1963, in West Berlin. It is one of the best-known speeches of the Cold War and among the most famous anti-communist speeches. Kennedy aimed to underline the support of the United States for West Germany, 22 months after East Germany, a member of …

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Residents of Australia are presented in the world as huge fans of gambling for many, many years. Gambling in the Australian state has been in demand for a long time, and the legality of entertainment was obtained several years ago. In 2001, a bill was passed that banned all minors from entering the games. After, …

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