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The China Challenge – Some Fresh, Some Familiar Insights

BOOK REVIEW: LESSONS FROM THE NEW COLD WAR: AMERICA CONFRONTS THE CHINA CHALLENGEBy Hal Brands (Editor) /Johns Hopkins University PressReviewed by: [...] More

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China’s Preparations for a ‘Major-Power War’

EXPERT INTERVIEW – A report from China about a massive new military command center – a complex that, when completed, is expected to be 10 times the [...] More

The Case for Peace Through Strength – and Diplomacy 

OPINION — In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said: "Our success will be measured not only by the battles we win, but also by the wars [...] More

The Underlying Message from Putin and Xi: War is Coming

The Underlying Message from Putin and Xi: War is Coming

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Some thirty years ago, when I was a CIA Chief of Station in the war-torn Balkans, a US Special Operations soldier with whom I [...] More

Warning Signs of a More Dangerous Global Conflict

Warning Signs of a More Dangerous Global Conflict

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — If President Joe Biden’s recent remarks in Poland and President Vladimir Putin’s in Moscow just a day later are any indication [...] More

What Emperor for Life Looks Like in China

What Emperor for Life Looks Like in China

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — There was something unnerving about the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It was orchestrated meticulously, [...] More

China's Post-Ukraine Playbook

China's Post-Ukraine Playbook

Cipher Brief Expert and retired CIA Senior Executive Mark Kelton took part in a Russia panel during the recent Cipher Brief Threat Conference, along [...] More

Xi's Paradox: Flexible, Ideological or Both?

OPINION — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent highly provocative trip to Taiwan has placed China, Taiwan, and America front and center at the most [...] More

Chinese President Xi Jinping's New Role in Ukraine

And China’s Dissemination of Russian DisinformationOPINION — On February 4th, President Xi Jinping signed a Joint Statement while in Beijing at the [...] More

How to Avoid Cold War with China

How to Avoid Cold War with China

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — A meeting – albeit virtual - between President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping finally happened. It was a cordial and [...] More

How 'Xi Jinping Thought' Can Shape Diplomacy with the U.S.

How ‘Xi Jinping Thought’ Could Shape Diplomacy with the U.S.OPINION — As they prepare for this week’s virtual summit (their first formal meeting [...] More

Xi Jinping and the AUKUS Submarine Deal

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist with the U.S. Dept. of State and is currently Associate Professor of Psychiatry [...] More

The Reckoning: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the [...] More