A senior Pentagon veteran’s assessment exposes a volatile nuclear-armed superpower that may struggle to sustain high-intensity warfare.
Ignored orders and growing resistance in Chinese Military after purge of top generals
Insiders say the widespread internal resistance and command dysfunction are a rejection of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s authority.
The water struggle on the Mekong River
The lack of a treaty for international rivers in Asia heightens tensions among downstream countries, exacerbated by extensive dam construction along the Lancang.
China’s malign influence at the United Nations
How increasing financial contributions to the United Nations have enabled Beijing to assert significant influence over global norms and standards while maintaining China’s identity as a “developing country.”
How Beijing’s double standards are shaping world order
As China edges toward becoming the world’s largest economy, its insistence on being treated as a developing nation becomes increasingly untenable.
The Chinese military is built for politics
Not fighting wars, argues defense analyst and China monitor Timothy R. Heath.
U.S. strategic moves against China
Analyzing the implications for Canada.
Authoritarian threats to Canada
Adversarial nations that “despise our way of life” should not take precedence over Canada’s long-standing relationship with the U.S. – Brian Lee Crowley.
Greenland is the flashpoint
China and Russia test NATO, Canada, and Indigenous Arctic jurisdictions.
The Chinese Communist Party’s ‘inverted world’
Beijing’s blatant distortions of reality are rooted in Marxist ideology.
What will happen to the oil-for-loans project between China and Venezuela after Maduro’s arrest?
The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has prompted warnings that a new government may refuse to recognize debts deemed odious or illegitimate.
From Maduro’s extraction to a North Atlantic showdown
The West’s new hybrid war front.
China’s hidden grip on America’s power grid
A new report reveals that nearly half of all solar inverters and battery energy storage systems imported into the U.S. from 2015–2024 came from high-risk Chinese manufacturers.
Maduro, Venezuela, the U.S.—and the oil shock China can’t price in
Maduro’s capture triggers heavy sour crude squeeze as Caribbean tanker routes shift and China’s $17-19B oil-backed loans hang in balance.
China’s economy in collapse
A CCP insider warns China’s grim economics is escalating social unrest over widespread unemployment, inequality, wage disputes, debt, and stagnant mobility.


